#98989e

Color #98989e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.08 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#98989e

RGB

rgb(152, 152, 158)

HSL

hsl(240, 3%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.01, 1.18, -3.14)

LCH

lch(63.01, 3.35, 290.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0087, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.6%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9e98

Analogous

#989b9e

#98989e

#9b989e

Triadic

#98989e

#9e9898

#989e98

Split-complementary

#98989e

#9e9b98

#9b9e98

Tetradic

#98989e

#9e989e

#9e9e98

#989e98

Square

#98989e

#9e989b

#9e9e98

#989e9b

Shades

Color #98989e mixed toward black.

#7d7d85

#64646a

#4b4b50

#323235

#19191b

Tints

Color #98989e mixed toward white.

#a9a9ae

#bababe

#cccccf

#dddddf

#eeeeef

Tones

Color #98989e mixed toward gray.

#99999e

#99999d

#9a9a9d

#9a9a9c

#9b9b9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98989d · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#98989c · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#989b9b · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 3.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98989e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98989e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#98989e (#98989e) is rgb(152, 152, 158) in RGB.

No, #98989e 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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