#9ea9af

Color #9ea9af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.19 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea9af

RGB

rgb(158, 169, 175)

HSL

hsl(201.2, 9.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.2, 9.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.56, -2.65, -4.41)

LCH

lch(68.56, 5.14, 239)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0152, 231.4)

HWB

hwb(201.2, 62%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa49e

Analogous

#9eafad

#9ea9af

#9ea1af

Triadic

#9ea9af

#af9ea9

#a9af9e

Split-complementary

#9ea9af

#af9ea1

#afad9e

Tetradic

#9ea9af

#a49eaf

#afa49e

#a9af9e

Square

#9ea9af

#ad9eaf

#afa49e

#a1af9e

Shades

Color #9ea9af mixed toward black.

#808e96

#64727a

#4b565b

#32393d

#191d1e

Tints

Color #9ea9af mixed toward white.

#aeb7bc

#bec6ca

#cfd4d7

#dfe2e4

#eff1f2

Tones

Color #9ea9af mixed toward gray.

#9fa9ae

#a1a8ac

#a2a8ab

#a4a7a9

#a5a7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3ae · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#a2a1ad · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#9facac · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea9af]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Blue #add8e6

Frequently asked questions

#9ea9af (#9ea9af) is rgb(158, 169, 175) in RGB.

No, #9ea9af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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