#9e9eae

Color #9e9eae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9eae

RGB

rgb(158, 158, 174)

HSL

hsl(240, 9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 9.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.58, 3.2, -8.28)

LCH

lch(65.58, 8.88, 291.13)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0232, 285.78)

HWB

hwb(240, 62%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeae9e

Analogous

#9ea6ae

#9e9eae

#a69eae

Triadic

#9e9eae

#ae9e9e

#9eae9e

Split-complementary

#9e9eae

#aea69e

#a6ae9e

Tetradic

#9e9eae

#ae9eae

#aeae9e

#9eae9e

Square

#9e9eae

#ae9ea6

#aeae9e

#9eaea6

Shades

Color #9e9eae mixed toward black.

#808095

#656579

#4c4c5a

#32323c

#19191e

Tints

Color #9e9eae mixed toward white.

#aeaebc

#bebec9

#ceced7

#dfdfe4

#efeff2

Tones

Color #9e9eae mixed toward gray.

#9f9fad

#a1a1ab

#a2a2aa

#a3a3a9

#a5a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eaa · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9e9ea9 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#9ea7a7 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 7.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9eae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9eae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9e9eae (#9e9eae) is rgb(158, 158, 174) in RGB.

No, #9e9eae 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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