#9494ad

Color #9494ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#9494ad

RGB

rgb(148, 148, 173)

HSL

hsl(240, 13.2%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(62.08, 5.19, -13.04)

LCH

lch(62.08, 14.03, 291.7)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0366, 285.36)

HWB

hwb(240, 58%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adad94

Analogous

#94a0ad

#9494ad

#a094ad

Triadic

#9494ad

#ad9494

#94ad94

Split-complementary

#9494ad

#ada094

#a0ad94

Tetradic

#9494ad

#ad94ad

#adad94

#94ad94

Square

#9494ad

#ad94a0

#adad94

#94ada0

Shades

Color #9494ad mixed toward black.

#767696

#5d5d79

#46465b

#2e2e3d

#17171e

Tints

Color #9494ad mixed toward white.

#a6a6bb

#b8b8c8

#c9c9d6

#dbdbe4

#ededf1

Tones

Color #9494ad mixed toward gray.

#9696ab

#9898a9

#9a9aa7

#9c9ca5

#9e9ea2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a7 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#9494a6 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#94a3a2 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9494ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9494ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9494ad (#9494ad) is rgb(148, 148, 173) in RGB.

No, #9494ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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