#989d9d

Color #989d9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#989d9d

RGB

rgb(152, 157, 157)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.5%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.34, -1.79, -0.62)

LCH

lch(64.34, 1.89, 199.1)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0058, 197.18)

HWB

hwb(180, 59.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9898

Analogous

#989d9b

#989d9d

#989b9d

Triadic

#989d9d

#9d989d

#9d9d98

Split-complementary

#989d9d

#9d989b

#9d9b98

Tetradic

#989d9d

#98989d

#9d9898

#9d9d98

Square

#989d9d

#9b989d

#9d9898

#9b9d98

Shades

Color #989d9d mixed toward black.

#7e8484

#646a6a

#4b4f4f

#323535

#191a1a

Tints

Color #989d9d mixed toward white.

#a9adad

#babebe

#cccece

#dddede

#eeefef

Tones

Color #989d9d mixed toward gray.

#989d9d

#999c9c

#9a9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9d · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#9a9a9d · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#989d9d · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 2.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989d9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989d9d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#989d9d (#989d9d) is rgb(152, 157, 157) in RGB.

No, #989d9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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