#9ea7ae

Color #9ea7ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea7ae

RGB

rgb(158, 167, 174)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 9.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.99, -1.76, -4.7)

LCH

lch(67.99, 5.02, 249.47)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0144, 240.95)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 62%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea59e

Analogous

#9eaead

#9ea7ae

#9e9fae

Triadic

#9ea7ae

#ae9ea7

#a7ae9e

Split-complementary

#9ea7ae

#ae9e9f

#aead9e

Tetradic

#9ea7ae

#a59eae

#aea59e

#a7ae9e

Square

#9ea7ae

#ad9eae

#aea59e

#9fae9e

Shades

Color #9ea7ae mixed toward black.

#808c95

#657079

#4c545a

#32383c

#191c1e

Tints

Color #9ea7ae mixed toward white.

#aeb6bc

#bec4c9

#ced3d7

#dfe2e4

#eff0f2

Tones

Color #9ea7ae mixed toward gray.

#9fa7ad

#a1a7ab

#a2a6aa

#a3a6a9

#a5a6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ac · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#a1a1ac · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#9eabab · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea7ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea7ae]

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Frequently asked questions

#9ea7ae (#9ea7ae) is rgb(158, 167, 174) in RGB.

No, #9ea7ae 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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