#989ab8

Color #989ab8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#989ab8

RGB

rgb(152, 154, 184)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 18.4%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 17.4%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(64.36, 5.59, -15.76)

LCH

lch(64.36, 16.72, 289.53)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0438, 282.26)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 59.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b698

Analogous

#98aab8

#989ab8

#a698b8

Triadic

#989ab8

#b8989a

#9ab898

Split-complementary

#989ab8

#b8a698

#aab898

Tetradic

#989ab8

#b698b8

#b8b698

#9ab898

Square

#989ab8

#b898aa

#b8b698

#98b8a6

Shades

Color #989ab8 mixed toward black.

#7779a1

#5b5e85

#454663

#2e2f42

#171721

Tints

Color #989ab8 mixed toward white.

#a9abc4

#babcd0

#cccddc

#dddde7

#eeeef3

Tones

Color #989ab8 mixed toward gray.

#9b9cb5

#9d9fb3

#a0a1b0

#a3a3ad

#a5a6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999b1 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#9999b0 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#98acab · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #989ab8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989ab8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#989ab8 (#989ab8) is rgb(152, 154, 184) in RGB.

No, #989ab8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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