#9997a9

Color #9997a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9997a9

RGB

rgb(153, 151, 169)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 9.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 10.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.15, 4.34, -9.13)

LCH

lch(63.15, 10.11, 295.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0263, 290.71)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 59.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a997

Analogous

#979ea9

#9997a9

#a297a9

Triadic

#9997a9

#a99997

#97a999

Split-complementary

#9997a9

#a9a297

#9ea997

Tetradic

#9997a9

#a997a7

#a7a997

#97a999

Square

#9997a9

#a9979e

#a7a997

#97a9a2

Shades

Color #9997a9 mixed toward black.

#7c7a91

#636075

#4a4858

#31303a

#19181d

Tints

Color #9997a9 mixed toward white.

#aaa8b7

#bbbac6

#cccbd4

#dddce2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9997a9 mixed toward gray.

#9a98a7

#9b9aa6

#9c9ba4

#9e9da3

#9f9ea1

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

#9898a5 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#9898a4 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#99a2a1 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9997a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9997a9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9997a9 (#9997a9) is rgb(153, 151, 169) in RGB.

No, #9997a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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