#89959b

Color #89959b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.23 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#89959b

RGB

rgb(137, 149, 155)

HSL

hsl(200, 8.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 11.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(60.94, -3.04, -4.63)

LCH

lch(60.94, 5.54, 236.71)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0165, 229.17)

HWB

hwb(200, 53.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8f89

Analogous

#899b98

#89959b

#898c9b

Triadic

#89959b

#9b8995

#959b89

Split-complementary

#89959b

#9b898c

#9b9889

Tetradic

#89959b

#8f899b

#9b8f89

#959b89

Square

#89959b

#98899b

#9b8f89

#8c9b89

Shades

Color #89959b mixed toward black.

#707d84

#596469

#434b4f

#2d3235

#16191a

Tints

Color #89959b mixed toward white.

#9da7ac

#b0b8bc

#c4cacd

#d8dcde

#ebedee

Tones

Color #89959b mixed toward gray.

#8b959a

#8c9498

#8e9497

#8f9395

#919394

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e9a · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#8e8d99 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#8a9898 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #89959b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89959b]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#89959b (#89959b) is rgb(137, 149, 155) in RGB.

No, #89959b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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