#9ea9aa

Color #9ea9aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea9aa

RGB

rgb(158, 169, 170)

HSL

hsl(185, 6.6%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 7.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.42, -3.66, -1.85)

LCH

lch(68.42, 4.1, 206.81)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0125, 203.5)

HWB

hwb(185, 62%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9f9e

Analogous

#9eaaa5

#9ea9aa

#9ea3aa

Triadic

#9ea9aa

#aa9ea9

#a9aa9e

Split-complementary

#9ea9aa

#aa9ea3

#aaa59e

Tetradic

#9ea9aa

#9f9eaa

#aa9f9e

#a9aa9e

Square

#9ea9aa

#a59eaa

#aa9f9e

#a3aa9e

Shades

Color #9ea9aa mixed toward black.

#818f90

#667375

#4d5657

#333a3a

#1a1d1d

Tints

Color #9ea9aa mixed toward white.

#aeb7b8

#bec6c6

#ced4d4

#dfe2e3

#eff1f1

Tones

Color #9ea9aa mixed toward gray.

#9fa8a9

#a0a7a8

#a1a6a7

#a2a6a6

#a3a5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3aa · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a2a1aa · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#9faaaa · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea9aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea9aa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ea9aa (#9ea9aa) is rgb(158, 169, 170) in RGB.

No, #9ea9aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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