#959dbe

Color #959dbe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#959dbe

RGB

rgb(149, 157, 190)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 24%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 21.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(65.14, 4.31, -17.96)

LCH

lch(65.14, 18.47, 283.49)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0491, 274.43)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 58.4%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb695

Analogous

#95b2be

#959dbe

#a295be

Triadic

#959dbe

#be959d

#9dbe95

Split-complementary

#959dbe

#bea295

#b2be95

Tetradic

#959dbe

#b695be

#beb695

#9dbe95

Square

#959dbe

#be95b2

#beb695

#95bea2

Shades

Color #959dbe mixed toward black.

#727da9

#56608c

#404869

#2b3046

#151823

Tints

Color #959dbe mixed toward white.

#a7adc9

#b8bed4

#cacedf

#dcdee9

#edeff4

Tones

Color #959dbe mixed toward gray.

#989fbb

#9ca1b7

#9fa3b4

#a3a5b0

#a6a7ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999b7 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9897b5 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#95b1af · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 13.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #959dbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959dbe]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#959dbe (#959dbe) is rgb(149, 157, 190) in RGB.

No, #959dbe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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