#9896b0

Color #9896b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9896b0

RGB

rgb(152, 150, 176)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 14.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 14.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(63.03, 6.06, -13.27)

LCH

lch(63.03, 14.59, 294.54)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0379, 288.91)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 58.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb096

Analogous

#96a1b0

#9896b0

#a596b0

Triadic

#9896b0

#b09896

#96b098

Split-complementary

#9896b0

#b0a596

#a1b096

Tetradic

#9896b0

#b096ae

#aeb096

#96b098

Square

#9896b0

#b096a1

#aeb096

#96b0a5

Shades

Color #9896b0 mixed toward black.

#7a7799

#605d7c

#48465d

#302f3e

#18171f

Tints

Color #9896b0 mixed toward white.

#a9a7bd

#bab9ca

#cbcad7

#dddce5

#eeedf2

Tones

Color #9896b0 mixed toward gray.

#9a98ae

#9c9aac

#9d9ca9

#9f9fa7

#a1a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797aa · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9797a9 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#98a5a4 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9896b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9896b0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9896b0 (#9896b0) is rgb(152, 150, 176) in RGB.

No, #9896b0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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