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#929eb0

a balanced, soft blue · cool · closest name: Light Slate Gray

Token name suggestion: True Denim

RGB
146, 158, 176
HSL
216°, 16%, 63%
CMYK
17, 10, 0, 31
Luminance
0.3370

#929eb0 is a balanced soft blue, 216° on the wheel and 71/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.74:1). As text it scores 2.71:1 on white — use #67778E instead. Nearest name is Light Slate Gray, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(216 16% 63%)rgb(146 158 176)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #929eb0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#929eb0
Hue
216°
blue
Saturation
16%
soft
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3370
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
71/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.74:1
Closest name
Light Slate Gray
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
10.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.696
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 15.3
Web-safe
#999999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue216° of 360°
Saturation16%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #929eb0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool71% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green73%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#929eb0
HEX (8-digit)#929eb0ff
RGBrgb(146, 158, 176)
RGBArgba(146, 158, 176, 1)
HSLhsl(216, 16%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 17%, 69%)
HWBhwb(216 57% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 10%, 0%, 31%)
LABlab(64.7 -0.4 -10.8)
LCHlch(64.7 10.8 267.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.696 0.030 258.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.92, 33.70, 45.89)
Decimal9608880
Display P3color(display-p3 0.573 0.620 0.690)
Web-safe#999999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #929eb0;
background-color: #929eb0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #929eb0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#929eb0] bg-[#929eb0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #929eb0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.573, green: 0.620, blue: 0.690)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.573, green: 0.620, blue: 0.690, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#929EB0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF929EB0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF929EB0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(176, 158, 146)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(146, 158, 176)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(146, 158, 176)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 146, 158, 176)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5725f, 0.6196f, 0.6902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{146,158,176}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #929eb0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #929eb0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#363E4A, #DCDFE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #929eb0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F7F8;
  --brand-100: #EEEFF2;
  --brand-200: #D9DDE3;
  --brand-300: #BEC5D0;
  --brand-400: #929eb0;
  --brand-500: #7D8BA1;
  --brand-600: #67768E;
  --brand-700: #566376;
  --brand-800: #454F5F;
  --brand-900: #343B46;
  --brand-950: #21252C;
  --brand: #929eb0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F7F9;
  --brand-border: #D0D5DD;
  --brand-hover: #7D8BA1;
  --brand-pressed: #697991;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #181B21;
    --brand-ink: #DCDFE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F7F8',
        100: '#EEEFF2',
        200: '#D9DDE3',
        300: '#BEC5D0',
        400: '#929eb0',
        500: '#7D8BA1',
        600: '#67768E',
        700: '#566376',
        800: '#454F5F',
        900: '#343B46',
        950: '#21252C',
        DEFAULT: '#929eb0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F7F8,
  '100': #EEEFF2,
  '200': #D9DDE3,
  '300': #BEC5D0,
  '400': #929eb0,
  '500': #7D8BA1,
  '600': #67768E,
  '700': #566376,
  '800': #454F5F,
  '900': #343B46,
  '950': #21252C,
);
$brand-base: #929eb0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEEFF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9DDE3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BEC5D0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#929eb0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7D8BA1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#67768E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#566376", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#454F5F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#343B46", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#21252C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #929eb0 · 7.74:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.74:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #929eb0 as text scores 2.71:1 on white and 7.74:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #363E4A at 3.98:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#67778E · 4.56:1
AA on white−15% L
#67778E
The quick fox
#4D596B · 7.10:1
AAA on white−27% L
#4D596B
The quick fox
#929eb0 · 7.74:1
AA on blackalready passes
#929eb0
The quick fox
#929eb0 · 7.74:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#929eb0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8996AA is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#929eb0 on white: 2.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#929eb0 on black: 7.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #929eb0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #929eb0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.71:1AaAa
Slate 502.59:1AaAa
Slate 1002.48:1AaAa
Slate 2002.20:1AaAa
Slate 3001.83:1AaAa
Slate 4001.06:1AaAa
Slate 5001.75:1AaAa
Slate 6002.79:1AaAa
Slate 7003.82:1AaAa
Slate 8005.39:1AaAa
Slate 9006.58:1AaAa
Black7.74:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #989FB1
deuteranopia · #959CB0
tritanopia · #8BA2A4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #929eb0 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F7F8
#EEEFF2
#D9DDE3
#BEC5D0
#929eb0
#7D8BA1
#67768E
#566376
#454F5F
#343B46
#21252C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F7F8Darkest = 950 · #21252CText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.007 258.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.012 258.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.018 258.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.023 258.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.027 258.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.030 258.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.030 258.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.028 258.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.025 258.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.021 258.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.016 258.4);
}

Colors that work with #929eb0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F7F9
Tinted page background
Border#D0D5DD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#606F85
Captions on the surface
Accent#7B5F51
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#363E4A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F2F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#181B21
Dark-mode background
Hover#7D8BA1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#697991
Two steps down
Disabled#D3D8DF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#95A7C1
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #929eb0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #363E4A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8996AA

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight37/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B0A492
Analogous left#92ADB0
Analogous right#9592B0
Split-complement 1#B09592
Split-complement 2#ADB092
Triadic 1#B0929E
Triadic 2#9EB092
Tetradic#B092AD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°216°

#929eb0 sits at 216°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.3%
Green62.0%
Blue69.0%
R · 0–255
146
0x92
G · 0–255
158
0x9e
B · 0–255
176
0xb0

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.0%
Magenta10.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)31.0%

Total ink coverage is 58%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#929eb0 text on a black background

contrast 7.74:1

Card sample

#929eb0 text on a white background

contrast 2.71:1

Card sample

#929eb0 on grey

2.48:1

#929eb0 on its own surface

2.53:1

#929eb0 on its dark surface

6.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #929eb0;
Background color
Panel with #929eb0 background
background-color: #929eb0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #929eb0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(146, 158, 176, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(146, 158, 176, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #929eb0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #929eb0, #9A92B0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #929eb0, #A192B0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #929eb0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #929eb0;
caret-color: #929eb0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #929eb0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F2F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #929eb0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#929eb0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #929eb0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(146, 158, 176, 0.5)
rgb(146 158 176 / 50%)
#929eb080
hsl(216 16% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #929eb0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#929eb01a#F4F5F7
20%#929eb033#E9ECEF
40%#929eb066#D3D8DF
60%#929eb099#BEC5D0
80%#929eb0cc#A8B1C0

Gradients from #929eb0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5BDCA, #929eb0 45%, #363E4A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #929eb0, #8C80A3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #929eb0, #B0A492);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C7CDD7 0%, #929eb0 45%, #363E4A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F7F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #AFC5C5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A8A4BD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #363E4A 0%, transparent 65%), #929eb0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #929eb0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#929eb0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.74:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#929eb0, answered

What color is #929eb0?

#929eb0 is a balanced soft blue, closest to Light Slate Gray (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 216° on the hue wheel with 16% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #929eb0?

rgb(146, 158, 176) — 146 red, 158 green and 176 blue out of 255, or 57.3% / 62% / 69% by channel.

What is #929eb0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(216, 16%, 63%) and hsv(216, 17%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #929eb0 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3370 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 7.74:1.

Should I use black or white text on #929eb0?

Black. It scores 7.74:1 against #929eb0, versus 2.71:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #929eb0 accessible on a white background?

#929eb0 on white scores 2.71:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #67778E to reach 4.5:1, or #4D596B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #929eb0?

#B0A492 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B09592 and #ADB092, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #929eb0?

For interface work: #F6F7F9 as the surface, #D0D5DD for borders, #606F85 for secondary text, #7B5F51 as an accent and #363E4A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92ADB0 and #9592B0 stays calm, while #B0A492 is the loudest partner.

What is #929eb0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 10%, 0%, 31%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #929eb0 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 71 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9293B0; nudged cooler, #8193A7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #929eb0?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 15.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #929eb0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #929eb0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#929eb0] or text-[#929eb0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #929eb0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(146, 158, 176, 0.5), or #929eb080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9CFD8; over black, #494F58.

Is #929eb0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999999, ΔE2000 8.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #929eb0 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #929eb0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5BDCA, #929eb0 45%, #363E4A). For more colour, a short hue run to #8C80A3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #929eb0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #929eb0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.