#9d9ea1

Color #9d9ea1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.46 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9ea1

RGB

rgb(157, 158, 161)

HSL

hsl(225, 2.1%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 2.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.12, 0.22, -1.69)

LCH

lch(65.12, 1.7, 277.42)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0045, 271.27)

HWB

hwb(225, 61.6%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a09d

Analogous

#9da0a1

#9d9ea1

#9e9da1

Triadic

#9d9ea1

#a19d9e

#9ea19d

Split-complementary

#9d9ea1

#a19e9d

#a0a19d

Tetradic

#9d9ea1

#a09da1

#a1a09d

#9ea19d

Square

#9d9ea1

#a19da0

#a1a09d

#9da19e

Shades

Color #9d9ea1 mixed toward black.

#828387

#68696c

#4e4f51

#343436

#1a1a1b

Tints

Color #9d9ea1 mixed toward white.

#adaeb1

#bebec0

#cecfd0

#dedfe0

#efefef

Tones

Color #9d9ea1 mixed toward gray.

#9d9ea1

#9e9ea0

#9e9fa0

#9f9f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da0 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#9d9da0 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#9da0a0 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 1.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9ea1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d9ea1 (#9d9ea1) is rgb(157, 158, 161) in RGB.

No, #9d9ea1 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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