#98aaa9

Color #98aaa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#98aaa9

RGB

rgb(152, 170, 169)

HSL

hsl(176.7, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.7, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.23, -6.46, -1.62)

LCH

lch(68.23, 6.66, 194.08)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0202, 192.59)

HWB

hwb(176.7, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9899

Analogous

#98aaa0

#98aaa9

#98a2aa

Triadic

#98aaa9

#a998aa

#aaa998

Split-complementary

#98aaa9

#aa98a2

#aaa098

Tetradic

#98aaa9

#9899aa

#aa9899

#aaa998

Square

#98aaa9

#a098aa

#aa9899

#a2aa98

Shades

Color #98aaa9 mixed toward black.

#7a9290

#617674

#495857

#303b3a

#181d1d

Tints

Color #98aaa9 mixed toward white.

#a9b8b7

#bac6c6

#cbd4d4

#dde3e2

#eef1f1

Tones

Color #98aaa9 mixed toward gray.

#99a8a8

#9ba7a6

#9ca5a5

#9ea4a4

#9fa2a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a9 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#9f9ea9 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#99a9a9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98aaa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98aaa9]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#98aaa9 (#98aaa9) is rgb(152, 170, 169) in RGB.

No, #98aaa9 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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