#899ca1

Color #899ca1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#899ca1

RGB

rgb(137, 156, 161)

HSL

hsl(192.5, 11.3%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.5, 14.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(63.07, -5.61, -4.88)

LCH

lch(63.07, 7.44, 221.02)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0228, 215.36)

HWB

hwb(192.5, 53.7%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a18e89

Analogous

#89a19a

#899ca1

#8990a1

Triadic

#899ca1

#a1899c

#9ca189

Split-complementary

#899ca1

#a18990

#a19a89

Tetradic

#899ca1

#8e89a1

#a18e89

#9ca189

Square

#899ca1

#9a89a1

#a18e89

#90a189

Shades

Color #899ca1 mixed toward black.

#6e848a

#586a6e

#424f53

#2c3537

#161a1c

Tints

Color #899ca1 mixed toward white.

#9dacb1

#b0bdc0

#c4cdd0

#d8dee0

#ebeeef

Tones

Color #899ca1 mixed toward gray.

#8b9b9f

#8d9a9d

#8f989b

#919799

#939697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

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

#9292a0 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#918fa0 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#8a9f9f · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899ca1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899ca1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#899ca1 (#899ca1) is rgb(137, 156, 161) in RGB.

No, #899ca1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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