#9cb4b7

Color #9cb4b7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9cb4b7

RGB

rgb(156, 180, 183)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 15.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 14.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(71.64, -7.57, -4.3)

LCH

lch(71.64, 8.71, 209.6)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0267, 205.7)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 61.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b79f9c

Analogous

#9cb7ad

#9cb4b7

#9ca7b7

Triadic

#9cb4b7

#b79cb4

#b4b79c

Split-complementary

#9cb4b7

#b79ca7

#b7ad9c

Tetradic

#9cb4b7

#9f9cb7

#b79f9c

#b4b79c

Square

#9cb4b7

#ad9cb7

#b79f9c

#a7b79c

Shades

Color #9cb4b7 mixed toward black.

#7b9b9f

#5f7f83

#475f62

#303f41

#182021

Tints

Color #9cb4b7 mixed toward white.

#adc1c3

#bdcdcf

#cedadb

#dee6e7

#eff3f3

Tones

Color #9cb4b7 mixed toward gray.

#9eb2b5

#a1b1b3

#a3afb0

#a5adae

#a7abac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b6 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#a6a4b6 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#9db6b6 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cb4b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cb4b7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9cb4b7 (#9cb4b7) is rgb(156, 180, 183) in RGB.

No, #9cb4b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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