#9f99a6

Color #9f99a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9f99a6

RGB

rgb(159, 153, 166)

HSL

hsl(267.7, 6.8%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.7, 7.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.09, 4.7, -6)

LCH

lch(64.09, 7.62, 308.07)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0199, 306.64)

HWB

hwb(267.7, 60%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a699

Analogous

#9999a6

#9f99a6

#a599a6

Triadic

#9f99a6

#a69f99

#99a69f

Split-complementary

#9f99a6

#a6a599

#99a699

Tetradic

#9f99a6

#a699a0

#a0a699

#99a69f

Square

#9f99a6

#a69999

#a0a699

#99a6a5

Shades

Color #9f99a6 mixed toward black.

#847d8d

#6a6371

#4f4a55

#353239

#1a191c

Tints

Color #9f99a6 mixed toward white.

#afaab5

#bfbbc4

#cfccd2

#dfdde1

#efeef0

Tones

Color #9f99a6 mixed toward gray.

#9f9aa5

#9f9ba4

#9f9ca3

#9f9da2

#9f9ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#9d9da2 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9fa1a0 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f99a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f99a6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9f99a6 (#9f99a6) is rgb(159, 153, 166) in RGB.

No, #9f99a6 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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