#9fafad

Color #9fafad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.09 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9fafad

RGB

rgb(159, 175, 173)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 9.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 9.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.21, -5.95, -0.88)

LCH

lch(70.21, 6.01, 188.41)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0181, 187.64)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 62.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9fa1

Analogous

#9fafa5

#9fafad

#9fa9af

Triadic

#9fafad

#ad9faf

#afad9f

Split-complementary

#9fafad

#af9fa9

#afa59f

Tetradic

#9fafad

#9fa1af

#af9fa1

#afad9f

Square

#9fafad

#a59faf

#af9fa1

#a9af9f

Shades

Color #9fafad mixed toward black.

#819693

#657977

#4c5b59

#333d3b

#191e1e

Tints

Color #9fafad mixed toward white.

#afbcbb

#bfcac8

#cfd7d6

#dfe4e4

#eff2f1

Tones

Color #9fafad mixed toward gray.

#a0aeac

#a2acab

#a3abaa

#a4aaa9

#a6a8a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6ad · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a4ae · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#a0aeae · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fafad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fafad]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9fafad (#9fafad) is rgb(159, 175, 173) in RGB.

No, #9fafad 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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