#899b8f

Color #899b8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#899b8f

RGB

rgb(137, 155, 143)

HSL

hsl(140, 8.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(140, 11.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.29, -8.8, 4.13)

LCH

lch(62.29, 9.72, 154.86)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.027, 156.38)

HWB

hwb(140, 53.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8995

Analogous

#8c9b89

#899b8f

#899b98

Triadic

#899b8f

#8f899b

#9b8f89

Split-complementary

#899b8f

#98899b

#9b898c

Tetradic

#899b8f

#89959b

#9b8995

#9b8f89

Square

#899b8f

#898c9b

#9b8995

#9b9889

Shades

Color #899b8f mixed toward black.

#708476

#59695f

#434f47

#2d352f

#161a18

Tints

Color #899b8f mixed toward white.

#9daca2

#b0bcb4

#c4cdc7

#d8deda

#ebeeec

Tones

Color #899b8f mixed toward gray.

#8b9a90

#8c9890

#8e9791

#8f9591

#919492

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919192 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#908f93 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#8a9495 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899b8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899b8f]

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Frequently asked questions

#899b8f (#899b8f) is rgb(137, 155, 143) in RGB.

No, #899b8f 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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