#898bb9

Color #898bb9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#898bb9

RGB

rgb(137, 139, 185)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 25.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 25.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(59.24, 9.59, -24.23)

LCH

lch(59.24, 26.06, 291.59)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0684, 282.41)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 53.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b789

Analogous

#89a3b9

#898bb9

#9f89b9

Triadic

#898bb9

#b9898b

#8bb989

Split-complementary

#898bb9

#b99f89

#a3b989

Tetradic

#898bb9

#b789b9

#b9b789

#8bb989

Square

#898bb9

#b989a3

#b9b789

#89b99f

Shades

Color #898bb9 mixed toward black.

#676aa5

#505287

#3c3e65

#282943

#141522

Tints

Color #898bb9 mixed toward white.

#9d9ec5

#b0b2d0

#c4c5dc

#d8d8e8

#ebecf3

Tones

Color #898bb9 mixed toward gray.

#8d8fb5

#9192b1

#9596ad

#999aa9

#9d9da5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aaf · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8aad · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#89a7a5 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898bb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898bb9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898bb9 (#898bb9) is rgb(137, 139, 185) in RGB.

No, #898bb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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