#9ea2a6

Color #9ea2a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea2a6

RGB

rgb(158, 162, 166)

HSL

hsl(210, 4.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 4.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(66.41, -0.64, -2.57)

LCH

lch(66.41, 2.65, 256.02)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0074, 247.91)

HWB

hwb(210, 62%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a29e

Analogous

#9ea6a6

#9ea2a6

#9e9ea6

Triadic

#9ea2a6

#a69ea2

#a2a69e

Split-complementary

#9ea2a6

#a69e9e

#a6a69e

Tetradic

#9ea2a6

#a29ea6

#a6a29e

#a2a69e

Square

#9ea2a6

#a69ea6

#a6a29e

#9ea69e

Shades

Color #9ea2a6 mixed toward black.

#82878c

#676c71

#4d5154

#343638

#1a1b1c

Tints

Color #9ea2a6 mixed toward white.

#aeb1b5

#bec1c4

#ced0d2

#dfe0e1

#efeff0

Tones

Color #9ea2a6 mixed toward gray.

#9fa2a5

#a0a2a4

#a1a2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a5 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#a09fa5 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#9ea4a4 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea2a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea2a6]

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Frequently asked questions

#9ea2a6 (#9ea2a6) is rgb(158, 162, 166) in RGB.

No, #9ea2a6 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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