#9cbbb7

Color #9cbbb7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#9cbbb7

RGB

rgb(156, 187, 183)

HSL

hsl(172.3, 18.6%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.3, 16.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.56, -11.27, -1.48)

LCH

lch(73.56, 11.37, 187.48)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.034, 186.92)

HWB

hwb(172.3, 61.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9ca0

Analogous

#9cbba8

#9cbbb7

#9cb0bb

Triadic

#9cbbb7

#b79cbb

#bbb79c

Split-complementary

#9cbbb7

#bb9cb0

#bba89c

Tetradic

#9cbbb7

#9ca0bb

#bb9ca0

#bbb79c

Square

#9cbbb7

#a89cbb

#bb9ca0

#b0bb9c

Shades

Color #9cbbb7 mixed toward black.

#7aa49e

#5d8882

#466662

#2f4441

#172221

Tints

Color #9cbbb7 mixed toward white.

#adc6c3

#bdd2cf

#cedddb

#dee8e7

#eff4f3

Tones

Color #9cbbb7 mixed toward gray.

#9fb9b5

#a1b6b3

#a4b3b1

#a6b1af

#a9aeae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaabb8 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a6b8 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#9eb9b9 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cbbb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cbbb7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9cbbb7 (#9cbbb7) is rgb(156, 187, 183) in RGB.

No, #9cbbb7 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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