#899faa

Color #899faa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#899faa

RGB

rgb(137, 159, 170)

HSL

hsl(200, 16.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 19.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.17, -5.26, -8.29)

LCH

lch(64.17, 9.82, 237.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0296, 229.38)

HWB

hwb(200, 53.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9489

Analogous

#89aaa5

#899faa

#898eaa

Triadic

#899faa

#aa899f

#9faa89

Split-complementary

#899faa

#aa898e

#aaa589

Tetradic

#899faa

#9489aa

#aa9489

#9faa89

Square

#899faa

#a589aa

#aa9489

#8eaa89

Shades

Color #899faa mixed toward black.

#6b8795

#566c77

#405159

#2b363c

#151b1e

Tints

Color #899faa mixed toward white.

#9dafb8

#b0bfc6

#c4cfd5

#d8dfe3

#ebeff1

Tones

Color #899faa mixed toward gray.

#8c9ea7

#8e9da5

#919ca2

#949b9f

#979a9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a7 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#9290a7 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#8aa5a5 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899faa]

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Frequently asked questions

#899faa (#899faa) is rgb(137, 159, 170) in RGB.

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

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