#9797ae

Color #9797ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9797ae

RGB

rgb(151, 151, 174)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.15, 4.73, -11.97)

LCH

lch(63.15, 12.87, 291.56)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0336, 285.52)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeae97

Analogous

#97a2ae

#9797ae

#a297ae

Triadic

#9797ae

#ae9797

#97ae97

Split-complementary

#9797ae

#aea297

#a2ae97

Tetradic

#9797ae

#ae97ae

#aeae97

#97ae97

Square

#9797ae

#ae97a2

#aeae97

#97aea2

Shades

Color #9797ae mixed toward black.

#797996

#5f5f7a

#47475b

#2f2f3d

#18181e

Tints

Color #9797ae mixed toward white.

#a8a8bb

#babac9

#cbcbd6

#dcdce4

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9797ae mixed toward gray.

#9999ac

#9b9baa

#9d9da8

#9f9fa6

#a1a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a9 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#9797a8 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#97a5a4 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9797ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9797ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9797ae (#9797ae) is rgb(151, 151, 174) in RGB.

No, #9797ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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