#9e9ea6

Color #9e9ea6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9ea6

RGB

rgb(158, 158, 166)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(65.34, 1.56, -4.15)

LCH

lch(65.34, 4.43, 290.6)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0116, 286.08)

HWB

hwb(240, 62%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a69e

Analogous

#9ea2a6

#9e9ea6

#a29ea6

Triadic

#9e9ea6

#a69e9e

#9ea69e

Split-complementary

#9e9ea6

#a6a29e

#a2a69e

Tetradic

#9e9ea6

#a69ea6

#a6a69e

#9ea69e

Square

#9e9ea6

#a69ea2

#a6a69e

#9ea6a2

Shades

Color #9e9ea6 mixed toward black.

#82828c

#676771

#4d4d54

#343438

#1a1a1c

Tints

Color #9e9ea6 mixed toward white.

#aeaeb5

#bebec4

#ceced2

#dfdfe1

#efeff0

Tones

Color #9e9ea6 mixed toward gray.

#9f9fa5

#a0a0a4

#a1a1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea4 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#9e9ea4 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#9ea3a2 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9ea6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9e9ea6 (#9e9ea6) is rgb(158, 158, 166) in RGB.

No, #9e9ea6 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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