#97a3ba

Color #97a3ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#97a3ba

RGB

rgb(151, 163, 186)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 20.2%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 18.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(66.76, 0.69, -13.26)

LCH

lch(66.76, 13.28, 272.98)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0362, 263.5)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 59.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baae97

Analogous

#97b5ba

#97a3ba

#9d97ba

Triadic

#97a3ba

#ba97a3

#a3ba97

Split-complementary

#97a3ba

#ba9d97

#b5ba97

Tetradic

#97a3ba

#ae97ba

#baae97

#a3ba97

Square

#97a3ba

#ba97b5

#baae97

#97ba9d

Shades

Color #97a3ba mixed toward black.

#7585a4

#5a6987

#434f65

#2d3544

#161a22

Tints

Color #97a3ba mixed toward white.

#a8b2c6

#bac2d1

#cbd1dd

#dce0e8

#eef0f4

Tones

Color #97a3ba mixed toward gray.

#9aa4b7

#9da5b4

#a0a6b1

#a3a7ae

#a6a8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cb5 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#9c9bb3 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#98b1b0 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97a3ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97a3ba]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#97a3ba (#97a3ba) is rgb(151, 163, 186) in RGB.

No, #97a3ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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