#898eaf

Color #898eaf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#898eaf

RGB

rgb(137, 142, 175)

HSL

hsl(232.1, 19.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.1, 21.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(59.67, 5.44, -17.9)

LCH

lch(59.67, 18.71, 286.9)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0494, 278.15)

HWB

hwb(232.1, 53.7%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afaa89

Analogous

#89a1af

#898eaf

#9789af

Triadic

#898eaf

#af898e

#8eaf89

Split-complementary

#898eaf

#af9789

#a1af89

Tetradic

#898eaf

#aa89af

#afaa89

#8eaf89

Square

#898eaf

#af89a1

#afaa89

#89af97

Shades

Color #898eaf mixed toward black.

#6a709a

#54597c

#3f435d

#2a2d3e

#15161f

Tints

Color #898eaf mixed toward white.

#9da1bc

#b0b4ca

#c4c7d7

#d8d9e4

#ebecf2

Tones

Color #898eaf mixed toward gray.

#8c90ac

#8f93a9

#9395a6

#9697a2

#999a9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba8 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8ba6 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#89a2a0 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898eaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898eaf]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#898eaf (#898eaf) is rgb(137, 142, 175) in RGB.

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

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