#9d9cc7

Color #9d9cc7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9cc7

RGB

rgb(157, 156, 199)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 27.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 21.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(65.8, 9.5, -21.91)

LCH

lch(65.8, 23.88, 293.44)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0623, 285.73)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 61.2%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c79c

Analogous

#9cb0c7

#9d9cc7

#b29cc7

Triadic

#9d9cc7

#c79d9c

#9cc79d

Split-complementary

#9d9cc7

#c7b29c

#b0c79c

Tetradic

#9d9cc7

#c79cc6

#c6c79c

#9cc79d

Square

#9d9cc7

#c79cb0

#c6c79c

#9cc7b2

Shades

Color #9d9cc7 mixed toward black.

#7876b2

#575697

#414071

#2c2b4c

#161526

Tints

Color #9d9cc7 mixed toward white.

#adadd0

#bebdda

#cecee3

#dedeec

#efeff6

Tones

Color #9d9cc7 mixed toward gray.

#a0a0c3

#a4a3c0

#a7a7bc

#abaab9

#aeaeb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dbe · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9d9dbb · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9db6b4 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9cc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9cc7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9d9cc7 (#9d9cc7) is rgb(157, 156, 199) in RGB.

No, #9d9cc7 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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