#989a9c

Color #989a9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.89 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#989a9c

RGB

rgb(152, 154, 156)

HSL

hsl(210, 2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 2.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(63.5, -0.33, -1.3)

LCH

lch(63.5, 1.34, 255.76)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0038, 248.2)

HWB

hwb(210, 59.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9a98

Analogous

#989c9c

#989a9c

#98989c

Triadic

#989a9c

#9c989a

#9a9c98

Split-complementary

#989a9c

#9c9898

#9c9c98

Tetradic

#989a9c

#9a989c

#9c9a98

#9a9c98

Square

#989a9c

#9c989c

#9c9a98

#989c98

Shades

Color #989a9c mixed toward black.

#7e8083

#656769

#4b4d4f

#323334

#191a1a

Tints

Color #989a9c mixed toward white.

#a9abad

#babcbd

#cccdce

#ddddde

#eeeeef

Tones

Color #989a9c mixed toward gray.

#989a9c

#999a9b

#9a9a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99999c · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#99999b · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#989b9b · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 1.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989a9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989a9c]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#989a9c (#989a9c) is rgb(152, 154, 156) in RGB.

No, #989a9c 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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