#899ba5

Color #899ba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#899ba5

RGB

rgb(137, 155, 165)

HSL

hsl(201.4, 13.5%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.4, 17%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(62.91, -4.18, -7.37)

LCH

lch(62.91, 8.47, 240.44)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0252, 232.09)

HWB

hwb(201.4, 53.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a59389

Analogous

#89a5a1

#899ba5

#898da5

Triadic

#899ba5

#a5899b

#9ba589

Split-complementary

#899ba5

#a5898d

#a5a189

Tetradic

#899ba5

#9389a5

#a59389

#9ba589

Square

#899ba5

#a189a5

#a59389

#8da589

Shades

Color #899ba5 mixed toward black.

#6d838f

#576972

#414e56

#2c3439

#161a1d

Tints

Color #899ba5 mixed toward white.

#9dacb4

#b0bcc3

#c4cdd2

#d8dee1

#ebeef0

Tones

Color #899ba5 mixed toward gray.

#8b9aa3

#8e9aa0

#90999e

#92989c

#959899

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a3 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#908fa2 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8aa1a0 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899ba5]

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Frequently asked questions

#899ba5 (#899ba5) is rgb(137, 155, 165) in RGB.

No, #899ba5 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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