#898bb0

Color #898bb0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.22 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#898bb0

RGB

rgb(137, 139, 176)

HSL

hsl(236.9, 19.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.9, 22.2%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 21%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(58.9, 7.4, -19.64)

LCH

lch(58.9, 20.99, 290.65)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0551, 282.27)

HWB

hwb(236.9, 53.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0ae89

Analogous

#899fb0

#898bb0

#9b89b0

Triadic

#898bb0

#b0898b

#8bb089

Split-complementary

#898bb0

#b09b89

#9fb089

Tetradic

#898bb0

#ae89b0

#b0ae89

#8bb089

Square

#898bb0

#b0899f

#b0ae89

#89b09b

Shades

Color #898bb0 mixed toward black.

#6a6c9b

#54567d

#3f405e

#2a2b3f

#15151f

Tints

Color #898bb0 mixed toward white.

#9d9ebd

#b0b2ca

#c4c5d8

#d8d8e5

#ebecf2

Tones

Color #898bb0 mixed toward gray.

#8c8ead

#9091aa

#9394a6

#9697a3

#999aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa8 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8a8aa6 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#89a1a0 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898bb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898bb0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898bb0 (#898bb0) is rgb(137, 139, 176) in RGB.

No, #898bb0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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