#9c99ba

Color #9c99ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9c99ba

RGB

rgb(156, 153, 186)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 19.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 17.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(64.48, 7.91, -16.67)

LCH

lch(64.48, 18.45, 295.38)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.048, 289.23)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 60%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7ba99

Analogous

#99a7ba

#9c99ba

#ad99ba

Triadic

#9c99ba

#ba9c99

#99ba9c

Split-complementary

#9c99ba

#baad99

#a7ba99

Tetradic

#9c99ba

#ba99b7

#b7ba99

#99ba9c

Square

#9c99ba

#ba99a7

#b7ba99

#99baad

Shades

Color #9c99ba mixed toward black.

#7b77a3

#5f5b87

#474465

#302e43

#181722

Tints

Color #9c99ba mixed toward white.

#adaac6

#bdbbd1

#ceccdd

#dedde8

#efeef4

Tones

Color #9c99ba mixed toward gray.

#9e9cb7

#a19fb5

#a3a1b2

#a5a4af

#a7a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb3 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9b9bb1 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9cadab · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c99ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c99ba]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9c99ba (#9c99ba) is rgb(156, 153, 186) in RGB.

No, #9c99ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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