#9fa3b3

Color #9fa3b3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa3b3

RGB

rgb(159, 163, 179)

HSL

hsl(228, 11.6%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 11.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(67.14, 1.81, -8.73)

LCH

lch(67.14, 8.92, 281.71)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0236, 274.62)

HWB

hwb(228, 62.4%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3af9f

Analogous

#9fadb3

#9fa3b3

#a59fb3

Triadic

#9fa3b3

#b39fa3

#a3b39f

Split-complementary

#9fa3b3

#b3a59f

#adb39f

Tetradic

#9fa3b3

#af9fb3

#b3af9f

#a3b39f

Square

#9fa3b3

#b39fad

#b3af9f

#9fb3a5

Shades

Color #9fa3b3 mixed toward black.

#80859a

#64697e

#4b4f5e

#32343f

#191a1f

Tints

Color #9fa3b3 mixed toward white.

#afb2c0

#bfc2cc

#cfd1d9

#dfe0e6

#eff0f2

Tones

Color #9fa3b3 mixed toward gray.

#a1a4b1

#a2a5b0

#a4a6ae

#a6a7ac

#a7a8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1af · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a1a0ae · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#9facac · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa3b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa3b3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9fa3b3 (#9fa3b3) is rgb(159, 163, 179) in RGB.

No, #9fa3b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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