#98afaf

Color #98afaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#98afaf

RGB

rgb(152, 175, 175)

HSL

hsl(180, 12.6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 13.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(69.77, -7.9, -2.68)

LCH

lch(69.77, 8.34, 198.74)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0255, 196.66)

HWB

hwb(180, 59.6%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9898

Analogous

#98afa3

#98afaf

#98a3af

Triadic

#98afaf

#af98af

#afaf98

Split-complementary

#98afaf

#af98a3

#afa398

Tetradic

#98afaf

#9898af

#af9898

#afaf98

Square

#98afaf

#a398af

#af9898

#a3af98

Shades

Color #98afaf mixed toward black.

#799797

#5f7b7b

#475c5c

#303d3d

#181f1f

Tints

Color #98afaf mixed toward white.

#a9bcbc

#bacaca

#cbd7d7

#dde4e4

#eef2f2

Tones

Color #98afaf mixed toward gray.

#9aadad

#9cabab

#9ea9a9

#a0a7a7

#a2a5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a3af · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#a19faf · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#99afaf · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98afaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98afaf]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#98afaf (#98afaf) is rgb(152, 175, 175) in RGB.

No, #98afaf 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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