#98a6b1

Color #98a6b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#98a6b1

RGB

rgb(152, 166, 177)

HSL

hsl(206.4, 13.8%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.4, 14.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(67.37, -2.61, -7.34)

LCH

lch(67.37, 7.79, 250.43)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0226, 241.39)

HWB

hwb(206.4, 59.6%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1a398

Analogous

#98b1af

#98a6b1

#9899b1

Triadic

#98a6b1

#b198a6

#a6b198

Split-complementary

#98a6b1

#b19899

#b1af98

Tetradic

#98a6b1

#a398b1

#b1a398

#a6b198

Square

#98a6b1

#af98b1

#b1a398

#99b198

Shades

Color #98a6b1 mixed toward black.

#798b99

#5f6f7d

#47545e

#2f383e

#181c1f

Tints

Color #98a6b1 mixed toward white.

#a9b5be

#bac4cb

#cbd2d8

#dde1e5

#eef0f2

Tones

Color #98a6b1 mixed toward gray.

#9aa6af

#9ca5ad

#9ea5ab

#a0a5a9

#a2a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eae · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#9d9cae · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#99acac · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98a6b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98a6b1]

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Frequently asked questions

#98a6b1 (#98a6b1) is rgb(152, 166, 177) in RGB.

No, #98a6b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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