#969fa6

Color #969fa6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.61 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#969fa6

RGB

rgb(150, 159, 166)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 8.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 9.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.99, -1.77, -4.74)

LCH

lch(64.99, 5.06, 249.52)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0145, 241.14)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 58.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69d96

Analogous

#96a6a5

#969fa6

#9697a6

Triadic

#969fa6

#a6969f

#9fa696

Split-complementary

#969fa6

#a69697

#a6a596

Tetradic

#969fa6

#9d96a6

#a69d96

#9fa696

Square

#969fa6

#a596a6

#a69d96

#97a696

Shades

Color #969fa6 mixed toward black.

#7a858e

#616a72

#495056

#303539

#181b1d

Tints

Color #969fa6 mixed toward white.

#a8afb5

#b9bfc4

#cbcfd3

#dcdfe1

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #969fa6 mixed toward gray.

#979fa5

#999fa3

#9a9fa2

#9b9ea1

#9d9e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa4 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#9999a4 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#96a3a3 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969fa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969fa6]

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Frequently asked questions

#969fa6 (#969fa6) is rgb(150, 159, 166) in RGB.

No, #969fa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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