#98a3b3

Color #98a3b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#98a3b3

RGB

rgb(152, 163, 179)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 15.1%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 15.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(66.61, -0.53, -9.58)

LCH

lch(66.61, 9.59, 266.83)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0265, 257.59)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 59.6%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a898

Analogous

#98b0b3

#98a3b3

#9b98b3

Triadic

#98a3b3

#b398a3

#a3b398

Split-complementary

#98a3b3

#b39b98

#b0b398

Tetradic

#98a3b3

#a898b3

#b3a898

#a3b398

Square

#98a3b3

#b398b0

#b3a898

#98b39b

Shades

Color #98a3b3 mixed toward black.

#78879c

#5e6b7f

#46505f

#2f363f

#171b20

Tints

Color #98a3b3 mixed toward white.

#a9b2c0

#bac2cc

#cbd1d9

#dde0e6

#eef0f2

Tones

Color #98a3b3 mixed toward gray.

#9aa3b1

#9ca4af

#9fa4ac

#a1a5aa

#a3a5a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9daf · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9bae · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#99acac · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98a3b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98a3b3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#98a3b3 (#98a3b3) is rgb(152, 163, 179) in RGB.

No, #98a3b3 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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