#9d9bb4

Color #9d9bb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9bb4

RGB

rgb(157, 155, 180)

HSL

hsl(244.8, 14.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.8, 13.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(64.89, 5.8, -12.68)

LCH

lch(64.89, 13.94, 294.58)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0363, 289.13)

HWB

hwb(244.8, 60.8%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b49b

Analogous

#9ba6b4

#9d9bb4

#aa9bb4

Triadic

#9d9bb4

#b49d9b

#9bb49d

Split-complementary

#9d9bb4

#b4aa9b

#a6b49b

Tetradic

#9d9bb4

#b49bb2

#b2b49b

#9bb49d

Square

#9d9bb4

#b49ba6

#b2b49b

#9bb4aa

Shades

Color #9d9bb4 mixed toward black.

#7e7b9c

#626080

#4a4860

#313040

#191820

Tints

Color #9d9bb4 mixed toward white.

#adacc1

#bebccd

#cecdda

#dedee6

#efeef3

Tones

Color #9d9bb4 mixed toward gray.

#9f9db2

#a19fb0

#a2a1ae

#a4a3ac

#a6a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cae · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9c9cad · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#9daaa9 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9bb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9bb4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d9bb4 (#9d9bb4) is rgb(157, 155, 180) in RGB.

No, #9d9bb4 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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