#899ca0

Color #899ca0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#899ca0

RGB

rgb(137, 156, 160)

HSL

hsl(190.4, 10.8%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.4, 14.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(63.04, -5.83, -4.36)

LCH

lch(63.04, 7.28, 216.79)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0224, 211.84)

HWB

hwb(190.4, 53.7%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a08d89

Analogous

#89a098

#899ca0

#8990a0

Triadic

#899ca0

#a0899c

#9ca089

Split-complementary

#899ca0

#a08990

#a09889

Tetradic

#899ca0

#8d89a0

#a08d89

#9ca089

Square

#899ca0

#9889a0

#a08d89

#90a089

Shades

Color #899ca0 mixed toward black.

#6e8489

#586a6e

#424f52

#2c3537

#161a1b

Tints

Color #899ca0 mixed toward white.

#9dacb0

#b0bdc0

#c4cdcf

#d8dedf

#ebeeef

Tones

Color #899ca0 mixed toward gray.

#8b9b9e

#8d999c

#8f989a

#919798

#929696

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#92929f · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#918f9f · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#8a9e9e · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899ca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899ca0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#899ca0 (#899ca0) is rgb(137, 156, 160) in RGB.

No, #899ca0 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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