#98989c

Color #98989c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#98989c

RGB

rgb(152, 152, 156)

HSL

hsl(240, 2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 2.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(62.95, 0.78, -2.09)

LCH

lch(62.95, 2.23, 290.47)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0058, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9c98

Analogous

#989a9c

#98989c

#9a989c

Triadic

#98989c

#9c9898

#989c98

Split-complementary

#98989c

#9c9a98

#9a9c98

Tetradic

#98989c

#9c989c

#9c9c98

#989c98

Square

#98989c

#9c989a

#9c9c98

#989c9a

Shades

Color #98989c mixed toward black.

#7e7e83

#656569

#4b4b4f

#323234

#19191a

Tints

Color #98989c mixed toward white.

#a9a9ad

#bababd

#ccccce

#ddddde

#eeeeef

Tones

Color #98989c mixed toward gray.

#98989c

#99999b

#9a9a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98989b · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#98989b · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#989a9a · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 2.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98989c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98989c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#98989c (#98989c) is rgb(152, 152, 156) in RGB.

No, #98989c 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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