#9faaaa

Color #9faaaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9faaaa

RGB

rgb(159, 170, 170)

HSL

hsl(180, 6.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 6.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.77, -3.86, -1.33)

LCH

lch(68.77, 4.08, 199.01)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0124, 196.83)

HWB

hwb(180, 62.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9f9f

Analogous

#9faaa4

#9faaaa

#9fa4aa

Triadic

#9faaaa

#aa9faa

#aaaa9f

Split-complementary

#9faaaa

#aa9fa4

#aaa49f

Tetradic

#9faaaa

#9f9faa

#aa9f9f

#aaaa9f

Square

#9faaaa

#a49faa

#aa9f9f

#a4aa9f

Shades

Color #9faaaa mixed toward black.

#829090

#677474

#4d5757

#333a3a

#1a1d1d

Tints

Color #9faaaa mixed toward white.

#afb8b8

#bfc6c6

#cfd4d4

#dfe3e3

#eff1f1

Tones

Color #9faaaa mixed toward gray.

#a0a9a9

#a1a8a8

#a2a7a7

#a3a6a6

#a4a5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4aa · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a3a2aa · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#a0aaaa · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9faaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9faaaa]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#9faaaa (#9faaaa) is rgb(159, 170, 170) in RGB.

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

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