#969ca3

Color #969ca3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.82 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#969ca3

RGB

rgb(150, 156, 163)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 6.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(64.08, -0.74, -4.39)

LCH

lch(64.08, 4.45, 260.43)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0124, 252.15)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 58.8%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39d96

Analogous

#96a3a3

#969ca3

#9796a3

Triadic

#969ca3

#a3969c

#9ca396

Split-complementary

#969ca3

#a39796

#a3a396

Tetradic

#969ca3

#9d96a3

#a39d96

#9ca396

Square

#969ca3

#a396a3

#a39d96

#96a397

Shades

Color #969ca3 mixed toward black.

#7a828b

#61686f

#494e53

#313438

#181a1c

Tints

Color #969ca3 mixed toward white.

#a8adb2

#b9bdc2

#cbced1

#dcdee0

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #969ca3 mixed toward gray.

#979ca2

#989ca1

#999ca0

#9a9c9f

#9b9c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a1 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9898a1 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#96a0a0 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969ca3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969ca3]

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Frequently asked questions

#969ca3 (#969ca3) is rgb(150, 156, 163) in RGB.

No, #969ca3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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