#9d9fbc

Color #9d9fbc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9fbc

RGB

rgb(157, 159, 188)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 18.8%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 16.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(66.21, 5.32, -15.16)

LCH

lch(66.21, 16.07, 289.34)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0422, 282.19)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 61.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcba9d

Analogous

#9daebc

#9d9fbc

#aa9dbc

Triadic

#9d9fbc

#bc9d9f

#9fbc9d

Split-complementary

#9d9fbc

#bcaa9d

#aebc9d

Tetradic

#9d9fbc

#ba9dbc

#bcba9d

#9fbc9d

Square

#9d9fbc

#bc9dae

#bcba9d

#9dbcaa

Shades

Color #9d9fbc mixed toward black.

#7b7da5

#5d6089

#464866

#2f3044

#171822

Tints

Color #9d9fbc mixed toward white.

#adafc7

#bebfd2

#cecfdd

#dedfe9

#efeff4

Tones

Color #9d9fbc mixed toward gray.

#9fa1b9

#a2a3b7

#a5a6b4

#a7a8b2

#aaaaaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb6 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#9e9eb4 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#9db0af · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9fbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9fbc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9d9fbc (#9d9fbc) is rgb(157, 159, 188) in RGB.

No, #9d9fbc 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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