#9fa4b7

Color #9fa4b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.73 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa4b7

RGB

rgb(159, 164, 183)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 14.3%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 13.1%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(67.53, 2.11, -10.38)

LCH

lch(67.53, 10.59, 281.49)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0281, 273.88)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 62.4%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b29f

Analogous

#9fb0b7

#9fa4b7

#a69fb7

Triadic

#9fa4b7

#b79fa4

#a4b79f

Split-complementary

#9fa4b7

#b7a69f

#b0b79f

Tetradic

#9fa4b7

#b29fb7

#b7b29f

#a4b79f

Square

#9fa4b7

#b79fb0

#b7b29f

#9fb7a6

Shades

Color #9fa4b7 mixed toward black.

#7f859f

#626982

#494e62

#313441

#181a21

Tints

Color #9fa4b7 mixed toward white.

#afb3c3

#bfc2cf

#cfd2db

#dfe1e7

#eff0f3

Tones

Color #9fa4b7 mixed toward gray.

#a1a5b5

#a3a6b3

#a5a8b1

#a7a9af

#a9aaad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1b3 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a1b2 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#9fafae · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa4b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa4b7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9fa4b7 (#9fa4b7) is rgb(159, 164, 183) in RGB.

No, #9fa4b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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