#9ca9af

Color #9ca9af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.78 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca9af

RGB

rgb(156, 169, 175)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 10.6%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 10.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.42, -3.33, -4.65)

LCH

lch(68.42, 5.72, 234.39)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0171, 227.14)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 61.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa29c

Analogous

#9cafab

#9ca9af

#9ca0af

Triadic

#9ca9af

#af9ca9

#a9af9c

Split-complementary

#9ca9af

#af9ca0

#afab9c

Tetradic

#9ca9af

#a29caf

#afa29c

#a9af9c

Square

#9ca9af

#ab9caf

#afa29c

#a0af9c

Shades

Color #9ca9af mixed toward black.

#7e8f96

#63737a

#4a565c

#31393d

#191d1f

Tints

Color #9ca9af mixed toward white.

#adb7bc

#bdc6ca

#ced4d7

#dee2e4

#eff1f2

Tones

Color #9ca9af mixed toward gray.

#9ea8ad

#9fa8ac

#a1a7aa

#a2a7a9

#a4a6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ae · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a0ad · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#9dacac · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca9af]

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Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#9ca9af (#9ca9af) is rgb(156, 169, 175) in RGB.

No, #9ca9af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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