#9fb9c1

Color #9fb9c1

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9fb9c1

RGB

rgb(159, 185, 193)

HSL

hsl(194.1, 21.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.1, 17.6%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(73.49, -7.12, -7.01)

LCH

lch(73.49, 9.99, 224.55)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0307, 218.25)

HWB

hwb(194.1, 62.4%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1a79f

Analogous

#9fc1b8

#9fb9c1

#9fa8c1

Triadic

#9fb9c1

#c19fb9

#b9c19f

Split-complementary

#9fb9c1

#c19fa8

#c1b89f

Tetradic

#9fb9c1

#a79fc1

#c1a79f

#b9c19f

Square

#9fb9c1

#b89fc1

#c1a79f

#a8c19f

Shades

Color #9fb9c1 mixed toward black.

#7b9faa

#5c838f

#45626b

#2e4147

#172124

Tints

Color #9fb9c1 mixed toward white.

#afc5cb

#bfd0d6

#cfdce0

#dfe8ea

#eff3f5

Tones

Color #9fb9c1 mixed toward gray.

#a2b7be

#a5b6bb

#a7b4b8

#aab3b6

#adb1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbf · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#a9a7bf · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#a0bebd · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fb9c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fb9c1]

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Frequently asked questions

#9fb9c1 (#9fb9c1) is rgb(159, 185, 193) in RGB.

No, #9fb9c1 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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