#969aaa

Color #969aaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#969aaa

RGB

rgb(150, 154, 170)

HSL

hsl(228, 10.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 11.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.75, 1.84, -8.82)

LCH

lch(63.75, 9.01, 281.78)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0239, 274.56)

HWB

hwb(228, 58.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa696

Analogous

#96a4aa

#969aaa

#9c96aa

Triadic

#969aaa

#aa969a

#9aaa96

Split-complementary

#969aaa

#aa9c96

#a4aa96

Tetradic

#969aaa

#a696aa

#aaa696

#9aaa96

Square

#969aaa

#aa96a4

#aaa696

#96aa9c

Shades

Color #969aaa mixed toward black.

#787e92

#5f6476

#484b58

#30323b

#18191d

Tints

Color #969aaa mixed toward white.

#a7abb8

#b9bcc6

#caccd4

#dcdde3

#edeef1

Tones

Color #969aaa mixed toward gray.

#989ba8

#999ca7

#9b9da5

#9d9ea3

#9e9fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a6 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#9897a5 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#96a3a3 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #969aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969aaa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#969aaa (#969aaa) is rgb(150, 154, 170) in RGB.

No, #969aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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