#959fbb

Color #959fbb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.67 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#959fbb

RGB

rgb(149, 159, 187)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 21.8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 20.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(65.57, 2.5, -15.63)

LCH

lch(65.57, 15.83, 279.09)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0426, 269.73)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 58.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbb195

Analogous

#95b2bb

#959fbb

#9e95bb

Triadic

#959fbb

#bb959f

#9fbb95

Split-complementary

#959fbb

#bb9e95

#b2bb95

Tetradic

#959fbb

#b195bb

#bbb195

#9fbb95

Square

#959fbb

#bb95b2

#bbb195

#95bb9e

Shades

Color #959fbb mixed toward black.

#7380a5

#586488

#424b66

#2c3244

#161922

Tints

Color #959fbb mixed toward white.

#a7afc6

#b8bfd2

#cacfdd

#dcdfe8

#edeff4

Tones

Color #959fbb mixed toward gray.

#98a1b8

#9ba2b5

#9fa4b2

#a2a5ae

#a5a7ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ab5 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9998b3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#96b0ae · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #959fbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#959fbb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#959fbb (#959fbb) is rgb(149, 159, 187) in RGB.

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

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