#9ea5ba

Color #9ea5ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea5ba

RGB

rgb(158, 165, 186)

HSL

hsl(225, 16.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 15.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(67.82, 1.87, -11.63)

LCH

lch(67.82, 11.78, 279.13)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0314, 270.91)

HWB

hwb(225, 62%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bab39e

Analogous

#9eb3ba

#9ea5ba

#a59eba

Triadic

#9ea5ba

#ba9ea5

#a5ba9e

Split-complementary

#9ea5ba

#baa59e

#b3ba9e

Tetradic

#9ea5ba

#b39eba

#bab39e

#a5ba9e

Square

#9ea5ba

#ba9eb3

#bab39e

#9ebaa5

Shades

Color #9ea5ba mixed toward black.

#7d86a2

#5f6986

#484f65

#303543

#181a22

Tints

Color #9ea5ba mixed toward white.

#aeb4c6

#bec3d1

#cfd2dd

#dfe1e8

#eff0f4

Tones

Color #9ea5ba mixed toward gray.

#a0a6b8

#a3a7b5

#a5a9b3

#a7aab1

#aaabae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1b5 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a1a0b4 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#9eb1b0 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea5ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea5ba]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9ea5ba (#9ea5ba) is rgb(158, 165, 186) in RGB.

No, #9ea5ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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