#898ebe

Color #898ebe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#898ebe

RGB

rgb(137, 142, 190)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 29%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 27.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(60.23, 9.11, -25.54)

LCH

lch(60.23, 27.12, 289.63)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0715, 279.66)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 53.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb989

Analogous

#89a8be

#898ebe

#9e89be

Triadic

#898ebe

#be898e

#8ebe89

Split-complementary

#898ebe

#be9e89

#a8be89

Tetradic

#898ebe

#b989be

#beb989

#8ebe89

Square

#898ebe

#be89a8

#beb989

#89be9e

Shades

Color #898ebe mixed toward black.

#666cab

#4d538d

#3a3f69

#272a46

#131523

Tints

Color #898ebe mixed toward white.

#9da1c9

#b0b4d4

#c4c6df

#d8d9e9

#ebecf4

Tones

Color #898ebe mixed toward gray.

#8d92ba

#9295b5

#9699b1

#9b9cac

#9fa0a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bb4 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8bb1 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#89aba9 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ebe]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ebe (#898ebe) is rgb(137, 142, 190) in RGB.

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

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