#89899b

Color #89899b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.41 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#89899b

RGB

rgb(137, 137, 155)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(57.63, 3.73, -9.55)

LCH

lch(57.63, 10.25, 291.33)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0267, 285.65)

HWB

hwb(240, 53.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9b89

Analogous

#89929b

#89899b

#92899b

Triadic

#89899b

#9b8989

#899b89

Split-complementary

#89899b

#9b9289

#929b89

Tetradic

#89899b

#9b899b

#9b9b89

#899b89

Square

#89899b

#9b8992

#9b9b89

#899b92

Shades

Color #89899b mixed toward black.

#707084

#595969

#43434f

#2d2d35

#16161a

Tints

Color #89899b mixed toward white.

#9d9dac

#b0b0bc

#c4c4cd

#d8d8de

#ebebee

Tones

Color #89899b mixed toward gray.

#8b8b9a

#8c8c98

#8e8e97

#8f8f95

#919194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898997 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#898996 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#899493 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #89899b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89899b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#89899b (#89899b) is rgb(137, 137, 155) in RGB.

No, #89899b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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