#9894b2

Color #9894b2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9894b2

RGB

rgb(152, 148, 178)

HSL

hsl(248, 16.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 16.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(62.57, 7.63, -15.09)

LCH

lch(62.57, 16.91, 296.82)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.044, 291.32)

HWB

hwb(248, 58%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb294

Analogous

#949fb2

#9894b2

#a794b2

Triadic

#9894b2

#b29894

#94b298

Split-complementary

#9894b2

#b2a794

#9fb294

Tetradic

#9894b2

#b294ae

#aeb294

#94b298

Square

#9894b2

#b2949f

#aeb294

#94b2a7

Shades

Color #9894b2 mixed toward black.

#7a749b

#605b7e

#48445f

#302d3f

#181720

Tints

Color #9894b2 mixed toward white.

#a9a6bf

#bab8cc

#cbc9d8

#dddbe5

#eeedf2

Tones

Color #9894b2 mixed toward gray.

#9a96af

#9c99ad

#9d9baa

#9f9ea8

#a1a0a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696ab · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9797aa · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#98a6a5 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9894b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9894b2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9894b2 (#9894b2) is rgb(152, 148, 178) in RGB.

No, #9894b2 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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