#9d9ead

Color #9d9ead

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9ead

RGB

rgb(157, 158, 173)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 8.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 9.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(65.47, 2.65, -7.89)

LCH

lch(65.47, 8.32, 288.57)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0217, 282.76)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 61.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adac9d

Analogous

#9da6ad

#9d9ead

#a49dad

Triadic

#9d9ead

#ad9d9e

#9ead9d

Split-complementary

#9d9ead

#ada49d

#a6ad9d

Tetradic

#9d9ead

#ac9dad

#adac9d

#9ead9d

Square

#9d9ead

#ad9da6

#adac9d

#9dada4

Shades

Color #9d9ead mixed toward black.

#7f8094

#646578

#4b4c5a

#32333c

#19191e

Tints

Color #9d9ead mixed toward white.

#adaebb

#bebec8

#ceced6

#dedfe4

#efeff1

Tones

Color #9d9ead mixed toward gray.

#9e9fac

#a0a0aa

#a1a1a9

#a2a3a8

#a4a4a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9daa · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#9d9da9 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#9da7a6 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9ead;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9ead]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9d9ead (#9d9ead) is rgb(157, 158, 173) in RGB.

No, #9d9ead 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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