#989ea3

Color #989ea3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#989ea3

RGB

rgb(152, 158, 163)

HSL

hsl(207.3, 5.6%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.3, 6.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(64.78, -1.14, -3.35)

LCH

lch(64.78, 3.54, 251.21)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0101, 242.93)

HWB

hwb(207.3, 59.6%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39d98

Analogous

#98a3a3

#989ea3

#9899a3

Triadic

#989ea3

#a3989e

#9ea398

Split-complementary

#989ea3

#a39899

#a3a398

Tetradic

#989ea3

#9d98a3

#a39d98

#9ea398

Square

#989ea3

#a398a3

#a39d98

#99a398

Shades

Color #989ea3 mixed toward black.

#7c848a

#636a6f

#4a4f53

#323537

#191a1c

Tints

Color #989ea3 mixed toward white.

#a9aeb2

#babec2

#cccfd1

#dddfe0

#eeeff0

Tones

Color #989ea3 mixed toward gray.

#999ea2

#9a9ea1

#9b9ea0

#9c9e9f

#9d9e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba2 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#9a9aa2 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#98a1a1 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 3.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989ea3]

Related colors

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#989ea3 (#989ea3) is rgb(152, 158, 163) in RGB.

No, #989ea3 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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