#898cb1

Color #898cb1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#898cb1

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 177)

HSL

hsl(235.5, 20.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.5, 22.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(59.2, 7.06, -19.74)

LCH

lch(59.2, 20.96, 289.68)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0551, 281.09)

HWB

hwb(235.5, 53.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1ae89

Analogous

#89a0b1

#898cb1

#9a89b1

Triadic

#898cb1

#b1898c

#8cb189

Split-complementary

#898cb1

#b19a89

#a0b189

Tetradic

#898cb1

#ae89b1

#b1ae89

#8cb189

Square

#898cb1

#b189a0

#b1ae89

#89b19a

Shades

Color #898cb1 mixed toward black.

#6a6d9c

#53577e

#3f415f

#2a2b3f

#151620

Tints

Color #898cb1 mixed toward white.

#9d9fbe

#b0b2cb

#c4c6d8

#d8d9e5

#ebecf2

Tones

Color #898cb1 mixed toward gray.

#8c8fae

#9092aa

#9395a7

#9697a4

#9a9aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa9 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#8a8aa7 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#89a2a1 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898cb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898cb1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898cb1 (#898cb1) is rgb(137, 140, 177) in RGB.

No, #898cb1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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