#9d9ea5

Color #9d9ea5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9ea5

RGB

rgb(157, 158, 165)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 4.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 4.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.23, 1.01, -3.76)

LCH

lch(65.23, 3.89, 285.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0101, 279.65)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 61.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a49d

Analogous

#9da2a5

#9d9ea5

#a09da5

Triadic

#9d9ea5

#a59d9e

#9ea59d

Split-complementary

#9d9ea5

#a5a09d

#a2a59d

Tetradic

#9d9ea5

#a49da5

#a5a49d

#9ea59d

Square

#9d9ea5

#a59da2

#a5a49d

#9da5a0

Shades

Color #9d9ea5 mixed toward black.

#81828b

#676870

#4d4e54

#333438

#1a1a1c

Tints

Color #9d9ea5 mixed toward white.

#adaeb4

#bebec3

#ceced2

#dedfe1

#efeff0

Tones

Color #9d9ea5 mixed toward gray.

#9e9ea4

#9e9fa4

#9f9fa3

#a0a0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da3 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#9d9da3 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#9da2a2 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9ea5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#9d9ea5 (#9d9ea5) is rgb(157, 158, 165) in RGB.

No, #9d9ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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