#989fa0

Color #989fa0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#989fa0

RGB

rgb(152, 159, 160)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 4%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 5%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.97, -2.3, -1.39)

LCH

lch(64.97, 2.69, 211.15)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0082, 206.88)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 59.6%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09998

Analogous

#98a09d

#989fa0

#989ba0

Triadic

#989fa0

#a0989f

#9fa098

Split-complementary

#989fa0

#a0989b

#a09d98

Tetradic

#989fa0

#9998a0

#a09998

#9fa098

Square

#989fa0

#9d98a0

#a09998

#9ba098

Shades

Color #989fa0 mixed toward black.

#7d8687

#646b6c

#4b5051

#323636

#191b1b

Tints

Color #989fa0 mixed toward white.

#a9afb0

#babfc0

#cccfd0

#dddfdf

#eeefef

Tones

Color #989fa0 mixed toward gray.

#999f9f

#999e9f

#9a9e9e

#9b9d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ba0 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#9b9aa0 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#98a0a0 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 3.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989fa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989fa0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#989fa0 (#989fa0) is rgb(152, 159, 160) in RGB.

No, #989fa0 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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