#9ba3a6

Color #9ba3a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9ba3a6

RGB

rgb(155, 163, 166)

HSL

hsl(196.4, 5.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.4, 6.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(66.46, -2.24, -2.54)

LCH

lch(66.46, 3.39, 228.59)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0101, 222.2)

HWB

hwb(196.4, 60.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69e9b

Analogous

#9ba6a3

#9ba3a6

#9b9da6

Triadic

#9ba3a6

#a69ba3

#a3a69b

Split-complementary

#9ba3a6

#a69b9d

#a6a39b

Tetradic

#9ba3a6

#9e9ba6

#a69e9b

#a3a69b

Square

#9ba3a6

#a39ba6

#a69e9b

#9da69b

Shades

Color #9ba3a6 mixed toward black.

#7f898d

#656e71

#4c5255

#323739

#191b1c

Tints

Color #9ba3a6 mixed toward white.

#acb2b5

#bcc2c4

#cdd1d2

#dee0e1

#eef0f0

Tones

Color #9ba3a6 mixed toward gray.

#9ca2a5

#9da2a4

#9ea2a3

#9fa1a2

#9fa1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fa5 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#9e9da5 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#9ba5a5 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 3.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ba3a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ba3a6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#9ba3a6 (#9ba3a6) is rgb(155, 163, 166) in RGB.

No, #9ba3a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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