#b9c9ca

Color #b9c9ca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b9c9ca

RGB

rgb(185, 201, 202)

HSL

hsl(183.5, 13.8%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.5, 8.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.81, -5.23, -2.36)

LCH

lch(79.81, 5.74, 204.29)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0175, 201.44)

HWB

hwb(183.5, 72.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cabab9

Analogous

#b9cac3

#b9c9ca

#b9c1ca

Triadic

#b9c9ca

#cab9c9

#c9cab9

Split-complementary

#b9c9ca

#cab9c1

#cac3b9

Tetradic

#b9c9ca

#bab9ca

#cabab9

#c9cab9

Square

#b9c9ca

#c3b9ca

#cabab9

#c1cab9

Shades

Color #b9c9ca mixed toward black.

#94adae

#709092

#536d6e

#384849

#1c2425

Tints

Color #b9c9ca mixed toward white.

#c5d2d3

#d0dbdc

#dce4e5

#e8eded

#f3f6f6

Tones

Color #b9c9ca mixed toward gray.

#bac8c9

#bcc7c7

#bdc5c6

#bfc4c4

#c0c3c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0ca · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbeca · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#bacaca · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9c9ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9c9ca]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b9c9ca (#b9c9ca) is rgb(185, 201, 202) in RGB.

No, #b9c9ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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