#9697a6

Color #9697a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9697a6

RGB

rgb(150, 151, 166)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 8.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 9.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(62.82, 2.67, -7.96)

LCH

lch(62.82, 8.4, 288.54)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0219, 282.64)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 58.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a596

Analogous

#969fa6

#9697a6

#9d96a6

Triadic

#9697a6

#a69697

#97a696

Split-complementary

#9697a6

#a69d96

#9fa696

Tetradic

#9697a6

#a596a6

#a6a596

#97a696

Square

#9697a6

#a6969f

#a6a596

#96a69d

Shades

Color #9697a6 mixed toward black.

#7a7b8e

#616272

#494956

#303139

#18181d

Tints

Color #9697a6 mixed toward white.

#a8a8b5

#b9bac4

#cbcbd3

#dcdce1

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9697a6 mixed toward gray.

#9798a5

#9999a3

#9a9ba2

#9b9ca1

#9d9d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a3 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#9696a2 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#96a09f · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9697a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9697a6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9697a6 (#9697a6) is rgb(150, 151, 166) in RGB.

No, #9697a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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