#96a6a5

Color #96a6a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.42 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#96a6a5

RGB

rgb(150, 166, 165)

HSL

hsl(176.3, 8.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.3, 9.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(66.88, -5.8, -1.4)

LCH

lch(66.88, 5.97, 193.57)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0181, 192.12)

HWB

hwb(176.3, 58.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69697

Analogous

#96a69d

#96a6a5

#969fa6

Triadic

#96a6a5

#a596a6

#a6a596

Split-complementary

#96a6a5

#a6969f

#a69d96

Tetradic

#96a6a5

#9697a6

#a69697

#a6a596

Square

#96a6a5

#9d96a6

#a69697

#9fa696

Shades

Color #96a6a5 mixed toward black.

#7a8e8d

#617271

#495655

#303938

#181d1c

Tints

Color #96a6a5 mixed toward white.

#a8b5b4

#b9c4c3

#cbd3d2

#dce1e1

#eef0f0

Tones

Color #96a6a5 mixed toward gray.

#97a5a4

#99a3a3

#9aa2a2

#9ba1a0

#9d9f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da5 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9c9ba5 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#97a5a5 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96a6a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a6a5]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#96a6a5 (#96a6a5) is rgb(150, 166, 165) in RGB.

No, #96a6a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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