#9fa2b2

Color #9fa2b2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa2b2

RGB

rgb(159, 162, 178)

HSL

hsl(230.5, 11%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.5, 10.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(66.84, 2.16, -8.62)

LCH

lch(66.84, 8.89, 284.07)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0234, 277.37)

HWB

hwb(230.5, 62.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2af9f

Analogous

#9facb2

#9fa2b2

#a69fb2

Triadic

#9fa2b2

#b29fa2

#a2b29f

Split-complementary

#9fa2b2

#b2a69f

#acb29f

Tetradic

#9fa2b2

#af9fb2

#b2af9f

#a2b29f

Square

#9fa2b2

#b29fac

#b2af9f

#9fb2a6

Shades

Color #9fa2b2 mixed toward black.

#808499

#64687d

#4b4e5e

#32343e

#191a1f

Tints

Color #9fa2b2 mixed toward white.

#afb2bf

#bfc1cc

#cfd1d9

#dfe0e5

#eff0f2

Tones

Color #9fa2b2 mixed toward gray.

#a1a3b0

#a2a4af

#a4a5ad

#a5a6ac

#a7a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ae · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a0a0ad · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#9fabab · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa2b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa2b2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9fa2b2 (#9fa2b2) is rgb(159, 162, 178) in RGB.

No, #9fa2b2 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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