#9ea7a7

Color #9ea7a7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea7a7

RGB

rgb(158, 167, 167)

HSL

hsl(180, 4.9%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 5.4%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(67.8, -3.17, -1.1)

LCH

lch(67.8, 3.36, 199.14)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0102, 197.02)

HWB

hwb(180, 62%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a79e9e

Analogous

#9ea7a2

#9ea7a7

#9ea2a7

Triadic

#9ea7a7

#a79ea7

#a7a79e

Split-complementary

#9ea7a7

#a79ea2

#a7a29e

Tetradic

#9ea7a7

#9e9ea7

#a79e9e

#a7a79e

Square

#9ea7a7

#a29ea7

#a79e9e

#a2a79e

Shades

Color #9ea7a7 mixed toward black.

#828d8d

#677272

#4d5555

#333939

#1a1c1c

Tints

Color #9ea7a7 mixed toward white.

#aeb6b6

#bec4c4

#ced3d3

#dfe2e2

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #9ea7a7 mixed toward gray.

#9fa6a6

#9fa5a5

#a0a5a5

#a1a4a4

#a2a3a3

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

#a2a2a7 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a1a7 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#9ea7a7 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea7a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea7a7]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#9ea7a7 (#9ea7a7) is rgb(158, 167, 167) in RGB.

No, #9ea7a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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