#989ec9

Color #989ec9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.87 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#989ec9

RGB

rgb(152, 158, 201)

HSL

hsl(232.7, 31.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.7, 24.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(66.02, 7.29, -22.73)

LCH

lch(66.02, 23.87, 287.78)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0631, 278.48)

HWB

hwb(232.7, 59.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9c398

Analogous

#98b6c9

#989ec9

#aa98c9

Triadic

#989ec9

#c9989e

#9ec998

Split-complementary

#989ec9

#c9aa98

#b6c998

Tetradic

#989ec9

#c398c9

#c9c398

#9ec998

Square

#989ec9

#c998b6

#c9c398

#98c9aa

Shades

Color #989ec9 mixed toward black.

#717ab5

#515a9a

#3d4374

#282d4d

#141627

Tints

Color #989ec9 mixed toward white.

#a9aed2

#babedb

#cbcee4

#dddfed

#eeeff6

Tones

Color #989ec9 mixed toward gray.

#9ca1c5

#a0a4c1

#a4a7bd

#a8aab9

#acadb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bc0 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9a9abd · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#98b8b6 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #989ec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989ec9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#989ec9 (#989ec9) is rgb(152, 158, 201) in RGB.

No, #989ec9 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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