#98aab8

Color #98aab8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#98aab8

RGB

rgb(152, 170, 184)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 18.4%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 17.4%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.67, -3.27, -9.29)

LCH

lch(68.67, 9.85, 250.61)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0286, 241.2)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 59.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8a698

Analogous

#98b8b6

#98aab8

#989ab8

Triadic

#98aab8

#b898aa

#aab898

Split-complementary

#98aab8

#b8989a

#b8b698

Tetradic

#98aab8

#a698b8

#b8a698

#aab898

Square

#98aab8

#b698b8

#b8a698

#9ab898

Shades

Color #98aab8 mixed toward black.

#778fa1

#5b7385

#455663

#2e3942

#171d21

Tints

Color #98aab8 mixed toward white.

#a9b8c4

#bac6d0

#ccd5dc

#dde3e7

#eef1f3

Tones

Color #98aab8 mixed toward gray.

#9baab5

#9da9b3

#a0a9b0

#a3a9ad

#a5a8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b5 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#9f9eb4 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#99b2b2 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98aab8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98aab8]

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Frequently asked questions

#98aab8 (#98aab8) is rgb(152, 170, 184) in RGB.

No, #98aab8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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