#899d9b

Color #899d9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.69 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#899d9b

RGB

rgb(137, 157, 155)

HSL

hsl(174, 9.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 12.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(63.18, -7.44, -1.34)

LCH

lch(63.18, 7.56, 190.21)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0228, 189.34)

HWB

hwb(174, 53.7%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d898b

Analogous

#899d91

#899d9b

#89959d

Triadic

#899d9b

#9b899d

#9d9b89

Split-complementary

#899d9b

#9d8995

#9d9189

Tetradic

#899d9b

#898b9d

#9d898b

#9d9b89

Square

#899d9b

#91899d

#9d898b

#959d89

Shades

Color #899d9b mixed toward black.

#6f8684

#596b69

#43504f

#2c3635

#161b1a

Tints

Color #899d9b mixed toward white.

#9dadac

#b0bebc

#c4cecd

#d8dede

#ebefee

Tones

Color #899d9b mixed toward gray.

#8b9b9a

#8c9a98

#8e9897

#909696

#919594

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#92929b · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#918f9c · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#8a9c9c · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899d9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899d9b]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#899d9b (#899d9b) is rgb(137, 157, 155) in RGB.

No, #899d9b 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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