#9fa5bb

Color #9fa5bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa5bb

RGB

rgb(159, 165, 187)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 17.1%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 15%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(67.92, 2.42, -12.01)

LCH

lch(67.92, 12.25, 281.39)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0326, 273.52)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 62.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbb59f

Analogous

#9fb3bb

#9fa5bb

#a79fbb

Triadic

#9fa5bb

#bb9fa5

#a5bb9f

Split-complementary

#9fa5bb

#bba79f

#b3bb9f

Tetradic

#9fa5bb

#b59fbb

#bbb59f

#a5bb9f

Square

#9fa5bb

#bb9fb3

#bbb59f

#9fbba7

Shades

Color #9fa5bb mixed toward black.

#7d85a3

#606887

#484e65

#303443

#181a22

Tints

Color #9fa5bb mixed toward white.

#afb4c6

#bfc3d2

#cfd2dd

#dfe1e8

#eff0f4

Tones

Color #9fa5bb mixed toward gray.

#a1a6b9

#a4a8b6

#a6a9b4

#a8aab2

#abacaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b6 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a1b5 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#9fb2b1 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 9.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa5bb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#9fa5bb (#9fa5bb) is rgb(159, 165, 187) in RGB.

No, #9fa5bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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