#9894b3

Color #9894b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9894b3

RGB

rgb(152, 148, 179)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 16.9%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 17.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(62.6, 7.86, -15.61)

LCH

lch(62.6, 17.48, 296.73)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0454, 291.03)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 58%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afb394

Analogous

#949fb3

#9894b3

#a794b3

Triadic

#9894b3

#b39894

#94b398

Split-complementary

#9894b3

#b3a794

#9fb394

Tetradic

#9894b3

#b394af

#afb394

#94b398

Square

#9894b3

#b3949f

#afb394

#94b3a7

Shades

Color #9894b3 mixed toward black.

#79749c

#5f5b7f

#474460

#302d40

#181720

Tints

Color #9894b3 mixed toward white.

#a9a6c0

#bab8cc

#cbc9d9

#dddbe6

#eeedf2

Tones

Color #9894b3 mixed toward gray.

#9a97b0

#9c99ae

#9e9cab

#a09ea9

#a2a1a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696ac · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#9797aa · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#98a6a5 · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9894b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9894b3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9894b3 (#9894b3) is rgb(152, 148, 179) in RGB.

No, #9894b3 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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