#989ec0

Color #989ec0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.18 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#989ec0

RGB

rgb(152, 158, 192)

HSL

hsl(231, 24.1%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231, 20.8%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(65.7, 5.17, -18.21)

LCH

lch(65.7, 18.93, 285.85)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0501, 277.22)

HWB

hwb(231, 59.6%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0ba98

Analogous

#98b2c0

#989ec0

#a698c0

Triadic

#989ec0

#c0989e

#9ec098

Split-complementary

#989ec0

#c0a698

#b2c098

Tetradic

#989ec0

#ba98c0

#c0ba98

#9ec098

Square

#989ec0

#c098b2

#c0ba98

#98c0a6

Shades

Color #989ec0 mixed toward black.

#757daa

#575f8e

#41486b

#2c3047

#161824

Tints

Color #989ec0 mixed toward white.

#a9aecb

#babed5

#cccfe0

#dddfea

#eeeff5

Tones

Color #989ec0 mixed toward gray.

#9ba0bd

#9fa3b9

#a2a5b6

#a5a7b3

#a9aaaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bb9 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#9a9ab7 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#98b2b1 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989ec0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989ec0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#989ec0 (#989ec0) is rgb(152, 158, 192) in RGB.

No, #989ec0 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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