#9cacb7

Color #9cacb7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9cacb7

RGB

rgb(156, 172, 183)

HSL

hsl(204.4, 15.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.4, 14.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(69.46, -3.27, -7.52)

LCH

lch(69.46, 8.2, 246.5)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.024, 237.77)

HWB

hwb(204.4, 61.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7a79c

Analogous

#9cb7b5

#9cacb7

#9c9fb7

Triadic

#9cacb7

#b79cac

#acb79c

Split-complementary

#9cacb7

#b79c9f

#b7b59c

Tetradic

#9cacb7

#a79cb7

#b7a79c

#acb79c

Square

#9cacb7

#b59cb7

#b7a79c

#9fb79c

Shades

Color #9cacb7 mixed toward black.

#7b919f

#5f7483

#475762

#303a41

#181d21

Tints

Color #9cacb7 mixed toward white.

#adbac3

#bdc8cf

#ced6db

#dee3e7

#eff1f3

Tones

Color #9cacb7 mixed toward gray.

#9eacb5

#a1abb3

#a3abb0

#a5aaae

#a7aaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3b4 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a1b4 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#9db2b2 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cacb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cacb7]

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Frequently asked questions

#9cacb7 (#9cacb7) is rgb(156, 172, 183) in RGB.

No, #9cacb7 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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