#9598ad

Color #9598ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9598ad

RGB

rgb(149, 152, 173)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 12.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 13.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(63.23, 3.27, -11.3)

LCH

lch(63.23, 11.76, 286.14)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0309, 279.13)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 58.4%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adaa95

Analogous

#95a4ad

#9598ad

#9e95ad

Triadic

#9598ad

#ad9598

#98ad95

Split-complementary

#9598ad

#ad9e95

#a4ad95

Tetradic

#9598ad

#aa95ad

#adaa95

#98ad95

Square

#9598ad

#ad95a4

#adaa95

#95ad9e

Shades

Color #9598ad mixed toward black.

#777a96

#5e6179

#46495b

#2f303d

#17181e

Tints

Color #9598ad mixed toward white.

#a7a9bb

#b8bac8

#cacbd6

#dcdde4

#edeef1

Tones

Color #9598ad mixed toward gray.

#9799ab

#999ba9

#9b9ca7

#9d9ea5

#9f9fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a8 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9696a7 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#95a4a3 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9598ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9598ad]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9598ad (#9598ad) is rgb(149, 152, 173) in RGB.

No, #9598ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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