#9f9ea9

Color #9f9ea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9ea9

RGB

rgb(159, 158, 169)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 6.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.51, 2.52, -5.58)

LCH

lch(65.51, 6.12, 294.3)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0159, 290.26)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 62%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a99e

Analogous

#9ea2a9

#9f9ea9

#a49ea9

Triadic

#9f9ea9

#a99f9e

#9ea99f

Split-complementary

#9f9ea9

#a9a49e

#a2a99e

Tetradic

#9f9ea9

#a99ea8

#a8a99e

#9ea99f

Square

#9f9ea9

#a99ea2

#a8a99e

#9ea9a4

Shades

Color #9f9ea9 mixed toward black.

#82818f

#686674

#4e4d57

#34333a

#1a1a1d

Tints

Color #9f9ea9 mixed toward white.

#afaeb7

#bfbec6

#cfced4

#dfdfe2

#efeff1

Tones

Color #9f9ea9 mixed toward gray.

#a09fa8

#a0a0a7

#a1a1a6

#a2a2a5

#a3a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa6 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#9f9fa6 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#9fa4a4 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9ea9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9f9ea9 (#9f9ea9) is rgb(159, 158, 169) in RGB.

No, #9f9ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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