#9fa1b1

Color #9fa1b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.27 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa1b1

RGB

rgb(159, 161, 177)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 10.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 10.2%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 9%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(66.55, 2.5, -8.51)

LCH

lch(66.55, 8.87, 286.37)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0233, 280.15)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 62.4%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1af9f

Analogous

#9faab1

#9fa1b1

#a69fb1

Triadic

#9fa1b1

#b19fa1

#a1b19f

Split-complementary

#9fa1b1

#b1a69f

#aab19f

Tetradic

#9fa1b1

#af9fb1

#b1af9f

#a1b19f

Square

#9fa1b1

#b19faa

#b1af9f

#9fb1a6

Shades

Color #9fa1b1 mixed toward black.

#808398

#64677c

#4b4d5d

#32343e

#191a1f

Tints

Color #9fa1b1 mixed toward white.

#afb1be

#bfc0cb

#cfd0d8

#dfe0e5

#efeff2

Tones

Color #9fa1b1 mixed toward gray.

#a1a2b0

#a2a3ae

#a4a5ad

#a5a6ab

#a7a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ad · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a0ac · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#9faaaa · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa1b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa1b1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9fa1b1 (#9fa1b1) is rgb(159, 161, 177) in RGB.

No, #9fa1b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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