#898f9f

Color #898f9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.26 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#898f9f

RGB

rgb(137, 143, 159)

HSL

hsl(223.6, 10.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.6, 13.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.4, 1.2, -9.19)

LCH

lch(59.4, 9.27, 277.44)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0248, 269.31)

HWB

hwb(223.6, 53.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9989

Analogous

#899a9f

#898f9f

#8e899f

Triadic

#898f9f

#9f898f

#8f9f89

Split-complementary

#898f9f

#9f8e89

#9a9f89

Tetradic

#898f9f

#99899f

#9f9989

#8f9f89

Square

#898f9f

#9f899a

#9f9989

#899f8e

Shades

Color #898f9f mixed toward black.

#6f7588

#585e6d

#424652

#2c2f36

#16171b

Tints

Color #898f9f mixed toward white.

#9da2af

#b0b4bf

#c4c7cf

#d8dadf

#ebecef

Tones

Color #898f9f mixed toward gray.

#8b909d

#8d919b

#8e9199

#909298

#929396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9b · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8b8b9a · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#899898 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898f9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898f9f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#898f9f (#898f9f) is rgb(137, 143, 159) in RGB.

No, #898f9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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