#989abe

Color #989abe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.79 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#989abe

RGB

rgb(152, 154, 190)

HSL

hsl(236.8, 22.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.8, 20%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(64.57, 6.96, -18.8)

LCH

lch(64.57, 20.05, 290.32)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0525, 282.42)

HWB

hwb(236.8, 59.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bebc98

Analogous

#98adbe

#989abe

#a998be

Triadic

#989abe

#be989a

#9abe98

Split-complementary

#989abe

#bea998

#adbe98

Tetradic

#989abe

#bc98be

#bebc98

#9abe98

Square

#989abe

#be98ad

#bebc98

#98bea9

Shades

Color #989abe mixed toward black.

#7578a8

#585b8c

#424469

#2c2e46

#161723

Tints

Color #989abe mixed toward white.

#a9abc9

#babcd4

#cccddf

#dddde9

#eeeef4

Tones

Color #989abe mixed toward gray.

#9b9dbb

#9ea0b8

#a2a3b5

#a5a5b1

#a8a8ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999b6 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#9999b4 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#98b0ae · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989abe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989abe]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#989abe (#989abe) is rgb(152, 154, 190) in RGB.

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

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