#9495ad

Color #9495ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9495ad

RGB

rgb(148, 149, 173)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 13.2%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 14.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(62.34, 4.62, -12.64)

LCH

lch(62.34, 13.46, 290.08)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0352, 283.48)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 58%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adac94

Analogous

#94a1ad

#9495ad

#9f94ad

Triadic

#9495ad

#ad9495

#95ad94

Split-complementary

#9495ad

#ad9f94

#a1ad94

Tetradic

#9495ad

#ac94ad

#adac94

#95ad94

Square

#9495ad

#ad94a1

#adac94

#94ad9f

Shades

Color #9495ad mixed toward black.

#767796

#5d5e79

#46465b

#2e2f3d

#17171e

Tints

Color #9495ad mixed toward white.

#a6a7bb

#b8b8c8

#c9cad6

#dbdce4

#ededf1

Tones

Color #9495ad mixed toward gray.

#9697ab

#9899a9

#9a9ba7

#9c9da5

#9e9ea2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a8 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#9494a6 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#94a3a2 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9495ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9495ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9495ad (#9495ad) is rgb(148, 149, 173) in RGB.

No, #9495ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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