#9ea5a6

Color #9ea5a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea5a6

RGB

rgb(158, 165, 166)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 4.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 4.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(67.23, -2.28, -1.38)

LCH

lch(67.23, 2.67, 211.18)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0081, 207.2)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 62%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69f9e

Analogous

#9ea6a3

#9ea5a6

#9ea1a6

Triadic

#9ea5a6

#a69ea5

#a5a69e

Split-complementary

#9ea5a6

#a69ea1

#a6a39e

Tetradic

#9ea5a6

#9f9ea6

#a69f9e

#a5a69e

Square

#9ea5a6

#a39ea6

#a69f9e

#a1a69e

Shades

Color #9ea5a6 mixed toward black.

#828b8c

#676f71

#4d5454

#343838

#1a1c1c

Tints

Color #9ea5a6 mixed toward white.

#aeb4b5

#bec3c4

#ced2d2

#dfe1e1

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #9ea5a6 mixed toward gray.

#9fa4a5

#a0a3a4

#a1a3a3

#a1a2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a6 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a1a0a6 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#9ea6a6 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea5a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea5a6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#9ea5a6 (#9ea5a6) is rgb(158, 165, 166) in RGB.

No, #9ea5a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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