#9fa6a7

Color #9fa6a7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa6a7

RGB

rgb(159, 166, 167)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 4.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 4.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(67.6, -2.28, -1.38)

LCH

lch(67.6, 2.67, 211.18)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0081, 207.2)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 62.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a09f

Analogous

#9fa7a4

#9fa6a7

#9fa2a7

Triadic

#9fa6a7

#a79fa6

#a6a79f

Split-complementary

#9fa6a7

#a79fa2

#a7a49f

Tetradic

#9fa6a7

#a09fa7

#a7a09f

#a6a79f

Square

#9fa6a7

#a49fa7

#a7a09f

#a2a79f

Shades

Color #9fa6a7 mixed toward black.

#838c8d

#687071

#4e5455

#343839

#1a1c1c

Tints

Color #9fa6a7 mixed toward white.

#afb5b6

#bfc4c4

#cfd2d3

#dfe1e2

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #9fa6a7 mixed toward gray.

#a0a5a6

#a1a4a5

#a2a4a4

#a2a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a7 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a1a7 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#9fa7a7 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 3.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa6a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa6a7]

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Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

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Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#9fa6a7 (#9fa6a7) is rgb(159, 166, 167) in RGB.

No, #9fa6a7 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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