#9f9ea5

Color #9f9ea5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9ea5

RGB

rgb(159, 158, 165)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 3.7%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 4.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.39, 1.72, -3.51)

LCH

lch(65.39, 3.91, 296.11)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0101, 292.75)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 62%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a59e

Analogous

#9ea0a5

#9f9ea5

#a29ea5

Triadic

#9f9ea5

#a59f9e

#9ea59f

Split-complementary

#9f9ea5

#a5a29e

#a0a59e

Tetradic

#9f9ea5

#a59ea4

#a4a59e

#9ea59f

Square

#9f9ea5

#a59ea0

#a4a59e

#9ea5a2

Shades

Color #9f9ea5 mixed toward black.

#83828b

#696870

#4f4e54

#343438

#1a1a1c

Tints

Color #9f9ea5 mixed toward white.

#afaeb4

#bfbec3

#cfced2

#dfdfe1

#efeff0

Tones

Color #9f9ea5 mixed toward gray.

#9f9fa4

#a09fa4

#a0a0a3

#a1a0a3

#a1a1a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa3 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#9f9fa3 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#9fa2a2 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9ea5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f9ea5 (#9f9ea5) is rgb(159, 158, 165) in RGB.

No, #9f9ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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