#999ea4

Color #999ea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#999ea4

RGB

rgb(153, 158, 164)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 5.7%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 6.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.89, -0.59, -3.74)

LCH

lch(64.89, 3.79, 261.04)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0105, 252.78)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 60%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49f99

Analogous

#99a4a4

#999ea4

#9a99a4

Triadic

#999ea4

#a4999e

#9ea499

Split-complementary

#999ea4

#a49a99

#a4a499

Tetradic

#999ea4

#9f99a4

#a49f99

#9ea499

Square

#999ea4

#a499a4

#a49f99

#99a49a

Shades

Color #999ea4 mixed toward black.

#7d848b

#646970

#4b4f54

#323538

#191a1c

Tints

Color #999ea4 mixed toward white.

#aaaeb3

#bbbec2

#cccfd2

#dddfe1

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #999ea4 mixed toward gray.

#9a9ea3

#9b9ea2

#9c9ea1

#9d9ea0

#9e9fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba3 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9b9ba2 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#99a1a1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 3.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #999ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999ea4]

Related colors

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#999ea4 (#999ea4) is rgb(153, 158, 164) in RGB.

No, #999ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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