#9696a3

Color #9696a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9696a3

RGB

rgb(150, 150, 163)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62.46, 2.61, -6.8)

LCH

lch(62.46, 7.28, 291)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0189, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 58.8%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a396

Analogous

#969da3

#9696a3

#9d96a3

Triadic

#9696a3

#a39696

#96a396

Split-complementary

#9696a3

#a39d96

#9da396

Tetradic

#9696a3

#a396a3

#a3a396

#96a396

Square

#9696a3

#a3969d

#a3a396

#96a39d

Shades

Color #9696a3 mixed toward black.

#7a7a8b

#61616f

#494953

#313138

#18181c

Tints

Color #9696a3 mixed toward white.

#a8a8b2

#b9b9c2

#cbcbd1

#dcdce0

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9696a3 mixed toward gray.

#9797a2

#9898a1

#9999a0

#9a9a9f

#9b9b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a0 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#96969f · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#969e9d · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9696a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9696a3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9696a3 (#9696a3) is rgb(150, 150, 163) in RGB.

No, #9696a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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