#898c9a

Color #898c9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#898c9a

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 154)

HSL

hsl(229.4, 7.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.4, 11%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 9.1%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(58.42, 1.81, -7.79)

LCH

lch(58.42, 8, 283.08)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0211, 276.25)

HWB

hwb(229.4, 53.7%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9789

Analogous

#89959a

#898c9a

#8f899a

Triadic

#898c9a

#9a898c

#8c9a89

Split-complementary

#898c9a

#9a8f89

#959a89

Tetradic

#898c9a

#97899a

#9a9789

#8c9a89

Square

#898c9a

#9a8995

#9a9789

#899a8f

Shades

Color #898c9a mixed toward black.

#707383

#595c69

#43454e

#2d2e34

#16171a

Tints

Color #898c9a mixed toward white.

#9d9fab

#b0b2bc

#c4c6cd

#d8d9dd

#ebecee

Tones

Color #898c9a mixed toward gray.

#8a8d99

#8c8e97

#8d8f96

#8f9094

#909193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a97 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#8a8a96 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#899494 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898c9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898c9a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#898c9a (#898c9a) is rgb(137, 140, 154) in RGB.

No, #898c9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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