#9cb5b3

Color #9cb5b3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.48 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9cb5b3

RGB

rgb(156, 181, 179)

HSL

hsl(175.2, 14.5%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.2, 13.8%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.8, -8.94, -1.86)

LCH

lch(71.8, 9.13, 191.75)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0276, 190.66)

HWB

hwb(175.2, 61.2%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b59c9e

Analogous

#9cb5a7

#9cb5b3

#9cabb5

Triadic

#9cb5b3

#b39cb5

#b5b39c

Split-complementary

#9cb5b3

#b59cab

#b5a79c

Tetradic

#9cb5b3

#9c9eb5

#b59c9e

#b5b39c

Square

#9cb5b3

#a79cb5

#b59c9e

#abb59c

Shades

Color #9cb5b3 mixed toward black.

#7c9d9a

#60817e

#48605f

#30403f

#182020

Tints

Color #9cb5b3 mixed toward white.

#adc1c0

#bdcecc

#cedad9

#dee6e6

#eff3f2

Tones

Color #9cb5b3 mixed toward gray.

#9eb3b1

#a0b1b0

#a2afae

#a4adac

#a6abaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8b3 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#a6a4b4 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#9db4b4 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cb5b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cb5b3]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9cb5b3 (#9cb5b3) is rgb(156, 181, 179) in RGB.

No, #9cb5b3 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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