#898ca2

Color #898ca2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#898ca2

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 162)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 11.8%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 15.4%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(58.68, 3.57, -11.99)

LCH

lch(58.68, 12.51, 286.58)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0329, 279.26)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 53.7%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29f89

Analogous

#8998a2

#898ca2

#9289a2

Triadic

#898ca2

#a2898c

#8ca289

Split-complementary

#898ca2

#a29289

#98a289

Tetradic

#898ca2

#9f89a2

#a29f89

#8ca289

Square

#898ca2

#a28998

#a29f89

#89a292

Shades

Color #898ca2 mixed toward black.

#6e718b

#585b6f

#424454

#2c2d38

#16171c

Tints

Color #898ca2 mixed toward white.

#9d9fb1

#b0b2c1

#c4c5d0

#d8d9e0

#ebecef

Tones

Color #898ca2 mixed toward gray.

#8b8ea0

#8d8f9e

#8f919c

#91929a

#939498

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9d · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9c · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#899998 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ca2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ca2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ca2 (#898ca2) is rgb(137, 140, 162) in RGB.

No, #898ca2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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