#949fa9

Color #949fa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#949fa9

RGB

rgb(148, 159, 169)

HSL

hsl(208.6, 10.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.6, 12.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.93, -1.82, -6.53)

LCH

lch(64.93, 6.78, 254.43)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0193, 245.56)

HWB

hwb(208.6, 58%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99e94

Analogous

#94a9a9

#949fa9

#9495a9

Triadic

#949fa9

#a9949f

#9fa994

Split-complementary

#949fa9

#a99495

#a9a994

Tetradic

#949fa9

#9e94a9

#a99e94

#9fa994

Square

#949fa9

#a994a9

#a99e94

#95a994

Shades

Color #949fa9 mixed toward black.

#778592

#5e6a75

#475058

#2f353b

#181b1d

Tints

Color #949fa9 mixed toward white.

#a6afb7

#b8bfc6

#cacfd4

#dbdfe2

#edeff1

Tones

Color #949fa9 mixed toward gray.

#969fa7

#989fa6

#999fa4

#9b9fa2

#9d9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a7 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#9897a6 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#95a5a4 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #949fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#949fa9]

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Frequently asked questions

#949fa9 (#949fa9) is rgb(148, 159, 169) in RGB.

No, #949fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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