#90909e

Color #90909e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#90909e

RGB

rgb(144, 144, 158)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.9%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(60.2, 2.84, -7.37)

LCH

lch(60.2, 7.9, 291.07)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0206, 285.79)

HWB

hwb(240, 56.5%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9e90

Analogous

#90979e

#90909e

#97909e

Triadic

#90909e

#9e9090

#909e90

Split-complementary

#90909e

#9e9790

#979e90

Tetradic

#90909e

#9e909e

#9e9e90

#909e90

Square

#90909e

#9e9097

#9e9e90

#909e97

Shades

Color #90909e mixed toward black.

#757586

#5e5e6b

#464651

#2f2f36

#17171b

Tints

Color #90909e mixed toward white.

#a2a2ae

#b5b5be

#c7c7ce

#dadadf

#ececef

Tones

Color #90909e mixed toward gray.

#91919d

#92929c

#93939a

#959599

#969698

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909b · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#90909a · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#909898 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #90909e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90909e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#90909e (#90909e) is rgb(144, 144, 158) in RGB.

No, #90909e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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