#9898bd

Color #9898bd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.2 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#9898bd

RGB

rgb(152, 152, 189)

HSL

hsl(240, 21.9%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(64, 7.85, -19.1)

LCH

lch(64, 20.65, 292.34)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.054, 284.91)

HWB

hwb(240, 59.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdbd98

Analogous

#98abbd

#9898bd

#ab98bd

Triadic

#9898bd

#bd9898

#98bd98

Split-complementary

#9898bd

#bdab98

#abbd98

Tetradic

#9898bd

#bd98bd

#bdbd98

#98bd98

Square

#9898bd

#bd98ab

#bdbd98

#98bdab

Shades

Color #9898bd mixed toward black.

#7575a7

#59598b

#434368

#2c2c45

#161623

Tints

Color #9898bd mixed toward white.

#a9a9c8

#babad3

#ccccde

#dddde9

#eeeef4

Tones

Color #9898bd mixed toward gray.

#9b9bba

#9e9eb7

#a1a1b4

#a4a4b1

#a8a8ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898b5 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#9898b3 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#98aead · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9898bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9898bd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9898bd (#9898bd) is rgb(152, 152, 189) in RGB.

No, #9898bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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