Color specimenNo. 09741240

#94A3B8

Dusty Blue

A deterministic reference card for #94A3B8. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
148, 163, 184
HSL
215°, 20%, 65%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · slate

tailwind · slate 400

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-slate-400, text-slate-400, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · slate

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Class name
slate-400
Hex
#94A3B8
Closest CSS named color
darkgray
Full color breakdown
/color/94a3b8

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #94A3B8 as the text color.

2.56:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #94A3B8 as the text color.

8.19:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #94A3B8 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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