#9fb1b4

Color #9fb1b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9fb1b4

RGB

rgb(159, 177, 180)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 12.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 11.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(70.95, -5.6, -3.65)

LCH

lch(70.95, 6.68, 213.1)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0205, 208.81)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 62.4%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4a29f

Analogous

#9fb4ad

#9fb1b4

#9fa7b4

Triadic

#9fb1b4

#b49fb1

#b1b49f

Split-complementary

#9fb1b4

#b49fa7

#b4ad9f

Tetradic

#9fb1b4

#a29fb4

#b4a29f

#b1b49f

Square

#9fb1b4

#ad9fb4

#b4a29f

#a7b49f

Shades

Color #9fb1b4 mixed toward black.

#7f979b

#637b7f

#4a5c5f

#323d3f

#191f20

Tints

Color #9fb1b4 mixed toward white.

#afbec1

#bfcbcd

#cfd8da

#dfe5e6

#eff2f3

Tones

Color #9fb1b4 mixed toward gray.

#a1b0b2

#a3afb1

#a4adaf

#a6acad

#a8abab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b3 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#a6a5b3 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#a0b3b3 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 7.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fb1b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fb1b4]

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Light Blue #add8e6

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Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#9fb1b4 (#9fb1b4) is rgb(159, 177, 180) in RGB.

No, #9fb1b4 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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