#9197ad

Color #9197ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9197ad

RGB

rgb(145, 151, 173)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 14.6%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 16.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(62.65, 2.5, -12.2)

LCH

lch(62.65, 12.45, 281.58)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0332, 273.46)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 56.9%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ada791

Analogous

#91a5ad

#9197ad

#9991ad

Triadic

#9197ad

#ad9197

#97ad91

Split-complementary

#9197ad

#ad9991

#a5ad91

Tetradic

#9197ad

#a791ad

#ada791

#97ad91

Square

#9197ad

#ad91a5

#ada791

#91ad99

Shades

Color #9197ad mixed toward black.

#737a96

#5b617a

#44495b

#2d313d

#17181e

Tints

Color #9197ad mixed toward white.

#a3a8bb

#b6bac8

#c8cbd6

#dadce4

#edeef1

Tones

Color #9197ad mixed toward gray.

#9398ab

#969aa8

#989ba6

#9a9ca4

#9d9ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a8 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9393a7 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#91a4a3 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9197ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9197ad]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9197ad (#9197ad) is rgb(145, 151, 173) in RGB.

No, #9197ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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