#9f99be

Color #9f99be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f99be

RGB

rgb(159, 153, 190)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 22.2%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 19.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(64.86, 9.79, -18.31)

LCH

lch(64.86, 20.76, 298.13)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0539, 292.33)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 60%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8be99

Analogous

#99a6be

#9f99be

#b299be

Triadic

#9f99be

#be9f99

#99be9f

Split-complementary

#9f99be

#beb299

#a6be99

Tetradic

#9f99be

#be99b8

#b8be99

#99be9f

Square

#9f99be

#be99a6

#b8be99

#99beb2

Shades

Color #9f99be mixed toward black.

#7e76a8

#61598c

#494369

#312d46

#181623

Tints

Color #9f99be mixed toward white.

#afaac9

#bfbbd4

#cfccdf

#dfdde9

#efeef4

Tones

Color #9f99be mixed toward gray.

#a19cbb

#a39fb8

#a5a2b5

#a7a5b2

#aaa9af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cb6 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#9d9db4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#9fafae · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f99be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f99be]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f99be (#9f99be) is rgb(159, 153, 190) in RGB.

No, #9f99be 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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