#98a7b4

Color #98a7b4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#98a7b4

RGB

rgb(152, 167, 180)

HSL

hsl(207.9, 15.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.9, 15.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.73, -2.51, -8.47)

LCH

lch(67.73, 8.83, 253.49)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0254, 244.34)

HWB

hwb(207.9, 59.6%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4a598

Analogous

#98b4b3

#98a7b4

#9899b4

Triadic

#98a7b4

#b498a7

#a7b498

Split-complementary

#98a7b4

#b49899

#b4b398

Tetradic

#98a7b4

#a598b4

#b4a598

#a7b498

Square

#98a7b4

#b398b4

#b4a598

#99b498

Shades

Color #98a7b4 mixed toward black.

#788c9d

#5d7080

#465460

#2f3840

#171c20

Tints

Color #98a7b4 mixed toward white.

#a9b6c0

#bac4cd

#ccd3d9

#dde2e6

#eef0f2

Tones

Color #98a7b4 mixed toward gray.

#9aa7b2

#9da7af

#9fa6ad

#a1a6ab

#a4a6a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fb1 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#9e9db0 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#99afae · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98a7b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98a7b4]

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Frequently asked questions

#98a7b4 (#98a7b4) is rgb(152, 167, 180) in RGB.

No, #98a7b4 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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