#809698

Color #809698

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#809698

RGB

rgb(128, 150, 152)

HSL

hsl(185, 10.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 15.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(60.49, -7.32, -3.67)

LCH

lch(60.49, 8.19, 206.63)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0251, 203.2)

HWB

hwb(185, 50.2%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988280

Analogous

#80988e

#809698

#808a98

Triadic

#809698

#988096

#969880

Split-complementary

#809698

#98808a

#988e80

Tetradic

#809698

#828098

#988280

#969880

Square

#809698

#8e8098

#988280

#8a9880

Shades

Color #809698 mixed toward black.

#697f81

#546567

#3f4c4d

#2a3334

#15191a

Tints

Color #809698 mixed toward white.

#95a7a9

#aab9ba

#c0cacb

#d5dcdd

#eaedee

Tones

Color #809698 mixed toward gray.

#829496

#849394

#869192

#888f90

#8a8e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a98 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#898797 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#819797 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 9.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #809698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#809698]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#809698 (#809698) is rgb(128, 150, 152) in RGB.

No, #809698 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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