#999ba9

Color #999ba9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#999ba9

RGB

rgb(153, 155, 169)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 8.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 9.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.23, 2.1, -7.53)

LCH

lch(64.23, 7.82, 285.58)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0205, 279.28)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 60%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a799

Analogous

#99a3a9

#999ba9

#9f99a9

Triadic

#999ba9

#a9999b

#9ba999

Split-complementary

#999ba9

#a99f99

#a3a999

Tetradic

#999ba9

#a799a9

#a9a799

#9ba999

Square

#999ba9

#a999a3

#a9a799

#99a99f

Shades

Color #999ba9 mixed toward black.

#7c7e90

#626474

#4a4b57

#31323a

#19191d

Tints

Color #999ba9 mixed toward white.

#aaacb7

#bbbcc6

#cccdd4

#dddee2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #999ba9 mixed toward gray.

#9a9ca8

#9c9da6

#9d9ea5

#9e9fa4

#a0a0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa6 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#9a9aa5 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#99a3a3 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999ba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999ba9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#999ba9 (#999ba9) is rgb(153, 155, 169) in RGB.

No, #999ba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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