#9a97af

Color #9a97af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9a97af

RGB

rgb(154, 151, 175)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(63.42, 5.96, -12.09)

LCH

lch(63.42, 13.48, 296.24)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0351, 291.23)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acaf97

Analogous

#97a0af

#9a97af

#a697af

Triadic

#9a97af

#af9a97

#97af9a

Split-complementary

#9a97af

#afa697

#a0af97

Tetradic

#9a97af

#af97ac

#acaf97

#97af9a

Square

#9a97af

#af97a0

#acaf97

#97afa6

Shades

Color #9a97af mixed toward black.

#7c7897

#625f7b

#4a475c

#312f3d

#19181f

Tints

Color #9a97af mixed toward white.

#aba8bc

#bcbaca

#cccbd7

#dddce4

#eeeef2

Tones

Color #9a97af mixed toward gray.

#9b99ad

#9d9bab

#9e9da9

#a09fa7

#a1a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999aa · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9999a8 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#9aa5a4 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a97af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a97af]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9a97af (#9a97af) is rgb(154, 151, 175) in RGB.

No, #9a97af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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