#98b8bb

Color #98b8bb

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.83 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#98b8bb

RGB

rgb(152, 184, 187)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 20.5%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 18.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(72.59, -10.13, -5.12)

LCH

lch(72.59, 11.35, 206.81)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.035, 203.41)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 59.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9b98

Analogous

#98bbad

#98b8bb

#98a7bb

Triadic

#98b8bb

#bb98b8

#b8bb98

Split-complementary

#98b8bb

#bb98a7

#bbad98

Tetradic

#98b8bb

#9b98bb

#bb9b98

#b8bb98

Square

#98b8bb

#ad98bb

#bb9b98

#a7bb98

Shades

Color #98b8bb mixed toward black.

#76a1a5

#5a8488

#436366

#2d4244

#162122

Tints

Color #98b8bb mixed toward white.

#a9c4c6

#bad0d2

#ccdcdd

#dde7e8

#eef3f4

Tones

Color #98b8bb mixed toward gray.

#9bb6b8

#9eb3b5

#a1b1b2

#a4aeaf

#a7acac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ba · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a2ba · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#9ababa · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98b8bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98b8bb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#98b8bb (#98b8bb) is rgb(152, 184, 187) in RGB.

No, #98b8bb 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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