#9696b0

Color #9696b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#9696b0

RGB

rgb(150, 150, 176)

HSL

hsl(240, 14.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(62.87, 5.39, -13.52)

LCH

lch(62.87, 14.55, 291.74)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0381, 285.39)

HWB

hwb(240, 58.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b096

Analogous

#96a3b0

#9696b0

#a396b0

Triadic

#9696b0

#b09696

#96b096

Split-complementary

#9696b0

#b0a396

#a3b096

Tetradic

#9696b0

#b096b0

#b0b096

#96b096

Square

#9696b0

#b096a3

#b0b096

#96b0a3

Shades

Color #9696b0 mixed toward black.

#777799

#5d5d7c

#46465d

#2f2f3e

#17171f

Tints

Color #9696b0 mixed toward white.

#a7a7bd

#b9b9ca

#cacad7

#dcdce5

#ededf2

Tones

Color #9696b0 mixed toward gray.

#9898ae

#9a9aac

#9c9ca9

#9f9fa7

#a1a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696aa · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#9696a9 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#96a5a4 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9696b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9696b0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9696b0 (#9696b0) is rgb(150, 150, 176) in RGB.

No, #9696b0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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