#969ea7

Color #969ea7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#969ea7

RGB

rgb(150, 158, 167)

HSL

hsl(211.8, 8.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.8, 10.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(64.75, -1.01, -5.66)

LCH

lch(64.75, 5.75, 259.88)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0161, 251.11)

HWB

hwb(211.8, 58.8%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a79f96

Analogous

#96a7a7

#969ea7

#9796a7

Triadic

#969ea7

#a7969e

#9ea796

Split-complementary

#969ea7

#a79796

#a7a796

Tetradic

#969ea7

#9f96a7

#a79f96

#9ea796

Square

#969ea7

#a796a7

#a79f96

#96a797

Shades

Color #969ea7 mixed toward black.

#79848f

#606973

#484f56

#30353a

#181a1d

Tints

Color #969ea7 mixed toward white.

#a8aeb6

#b9bec4

#cbcfd3

#dcdfe2

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #969ea7 mixed toward gray.

#989ea6

#999ea4

#9a9ea3

#9c9ea1

#9d9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa5 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#9998a4 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#96a3a3 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969ea7]

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Frequently asked questions

#969ea7 (#969ea7) is rgb(150, 158, 167) in RGB.

No, #969ea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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