#9596a4

Color #9596a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9596a4

RGB

rgb(149, 150, 164)

HSL

hsl(236, 7.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 9.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(62.41, 2.47, -7.45)

LCH

lch(62.41, 7.85, 288.34)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0205, 282.68)

HWB

hwb(236, 58.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a395

Analogous

#959ea4

#9596a4

#9c95a4

Triadic

#9596a4

#a49596

#96a495

Split-complementary

#9596a4

#a49c95

#9ea495

Tetradic

#9596a4

#a395a4

#a4a395

#96a495

Square

#9596a4

#a4959e

#a4a395

#95a49c

Shades

Color #9596a4 mixed toward black.

#797a8c

#606270

#484954

#303138

#18181c

Tints

Color #9596a4 mixed toward white.

#a7a8b3

#b8b9c2

#cacbd2

#dcdce1

#edeef0

Tones

Color #9596a4 mixed toward gray.

#9697a3

#9898a2

#9999a0

#9a9a9f

#9b9b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a1 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#9595a0 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#959e9e · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9596a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9596a4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9596a4 (#9596a4) is rgb(149, 150, 164) in RGB.

No, #9596a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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