#988d8f

Color #988d8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#988d8f

RGB

rgb(152, 141, 143)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 5.1%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 7.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 5.9%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.62, 4.46, 0.41)

LCH

lch(59.62, 4.48, 5.25)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0135, 5.12)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 55.3%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9896

Analogous

#988d95

#988d8f

#98918d

Triadic

#988d8f

#8f988d

#8d8f98

Split-complementary

#988d8f

#8d9891

#8d9598

Tetradic

#988d8f

#98968d

#8d9896

#8d8f98

Square

#988d8f

#95988d

#8d9896

#918d98

Shades

Color #988d8f mixed toward black.

#807476

#675d5f

#4d4647

#332e2f

#1a1718

Tints

Color #988d8f mixed toward white.

#a9a0a2

#bab3b4

#ccc6c7

#ddd9da

#eeecec

Tones

Color #988d8f mixed toward gray.

#978e90

#968f90

#959091

#949191

#949292

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93938f · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#94958e · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#978e8e · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 5.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #988d8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#988d8f]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#988d8f (#988d8f) is rgb(152, 141, 143) in RGB.

No, #988d8f 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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