#9899a4

Color #9899a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.44 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#9899a4

RGB

rgb(152, 153, 164)

HSL

hsl(235, 6.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 7.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(63.46, 1.83, -5.87)

LCH

lch(63.46, 6.15, 287.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.016, 281.87)

HWB

hwb(235, 59.6%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a398

Analogous

#989fa4

#9899a4

#9d98a4

Triadic

#9899a4

#a49899

#99a498

Split-complementary

#9899a4

#a49d98

#9fa498

Tetradic

#9899a4

#a398a4

#a4a398

#99a498

Square

#9899a4

#a4989f

#a4a398

#98a49d

Shades

Color #9899a4 mixed toward black.

#7c7d8b

#636470

#4a4b54

#313238

#19191c

Tints

Color #9899a4 mixed toward white.

#a9aab3

#babbc2

#ccccd2

#dddde1

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9899a4 mixed toward gray.

#999aa3

#9a9ba2

#9b9ca1

#9c9ca0

#9d9d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a1 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#9898a1 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#989f9f · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9899a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9899a4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9899a4 (#9899a4) is rgb(152, 153, 164) in RGB.

No, #9899a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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