#9fa0ac

Color #9fa0ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.34 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa0ac

RGB

rgb(159, 160, 172)

HSL

hsl(235.4, 7.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.4, 7.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.13, 2.02, -6.33)

LCH

lch(66.13, 6.64, 287.7)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0174, 282.28)

HWB

hwb(235.4, 62.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acab9f

Analogous

#9fa6ac

#9fa0ac

#a49fac

Triadic

#9fa0ac

#ac9fa0

#a0ac9f

Split-complementary

#9fa0ac

#aca49f

#a6ac9f

Tetradic

#9fa0ac

#ab9fac

#acab9f

#a0ac9f

Square

#9fa0ac

#ac9fa6

#acab9f

#9faca4

Shades

Color #9fa0ac mixed toward black.

#818392

#666876

#4d4e59

#33343b

#1a1a1e

Tints

Color #9fa0ac mixed toward white.

#afb0ba

#bfc0c8

#cfcfd6

#dfdfe3

#efeff1

Tones

Color #9fa0ac mixed toward gray.

#a0a1ab

#a1a2aa

#a2a3a9

#a3a4a8

#a4a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa9 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#9f9fa9 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#9fa7a6 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa0ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa0ac]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9fa0ac (#9fa0ac) is rgb(159, 160, 172) in RGB.

No, #9fa0ac 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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