#9caaa8

Color #9caaa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#9caaa8

RGB

rgb(156, 170, 168)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 7.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 8.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.49, -5.29, -0.65)

LCH

lch(68.49, 5.33, 187.01)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.016, 186.46)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 61.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9c9e

Analogous

#9caaa1

#9caaa8

#9ca5aa

Triadic

#9caaa8

#a89caa

#aaa89c

Split-complementary

#9caaa8

#aa9ca5

#aaa19c

Tetradic

#9caaa8

#9c9eaa

#aa9c9e

#aaa89c

Square

#9caaa8

#a19caa

#aa9c9e

#a5aa9c

Shades

Color #9caaa8 mixed toward black.

#7f918e

#647573

#4b5856

#323a39

#191d1d

Tints

Color #9caaa8 mixed toward white.

#acb8b6

#bdc6c5

#cdd4d3

#dee3e2

#eef1f0

Tones

Color #9caaa8 mixed toward gray.

#9da9a7

#9ea8a6

#9fa6a5

#a1a5a5

#a2a4a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a8 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a0a9 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#9da9a9 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9caaa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9caaa8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9caaa8 (#9caaa8) is rgb(156, 170, 168) in RGB.

No, #9caaa8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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