#9faeb8

Color #9faeb8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.64 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9faeb8

RGB

rgb(159, 174, 184)

HSL

hsl(204, 15%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 13.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.25, -3.15, -6.89)

LCH

lch(70.25, 7.58, 245.43)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0222, 236.95)

HWB

hwb(204, 62.4%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8a99f

Analogous

#9fb8b6

#9faeb8

#9fa2b8

Triadic

#9faeb8

#b89fae

#aeb89f

Split-complementary

#9faeb8

#b89fa2

#b8b69f

Tetradic

#9faeb8

#a99fb8

#b8a99f

#aeb89f

Square

#9faeb8

#b69fb8

#b8a99f

#a2b89f

Shades

Color #9faeb8 mixed toward black.

#7e92a0

#617684

#495863

#313b42

#181d21

Tints

Color #9faeb8 mixed toward white.

#afbcc4

#bfc9d0

#cfd7dc

#dfe4e7

#eff2f3

Tones

Color #9faeb8 mixed toward gray.

#a1aeb6

#a3adb4

#a5adb2

#a7acb0

#aaacae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6b6 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a4b5 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#a0b4b3 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9faeb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9faeb8]

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Frequently asked questions

#9faeb8 (#9faeb8) is rgb(159, 174, 184) in RGB.

No, #9faeb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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