#98bab6

Color #98bab6

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.94 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#98bab6

RGB

rgb(152, 186, 182)

HSL

hsl(172.9, 19.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.9, 18.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(73, -12.25, -1.78)

LCH

lch(73, 12.38, 188.27)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0371, 187.58)

HWB

hwb(172.9, 59.6%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba989c

Analogous

#98baa5

#98bab6

#98adba

Triadic

#98bab6

#b698ba

#bab698

Split-complementary

#98bab6

#ba98ad

#baa598

Tetradic

#98bab6

#989cba

#ba989c

#bab698

Square

#98bab6

#a598ba

#ba989c

#adba98

Shades

Color #98bab6 mixed toward black.

#76a39e

#5a8782

#446561

#2d4441

#172220

Tints

Color #98bab6 mixed toward white.

#a9c6c2

#bad1ce

#ccdddb

#dde8e7

#eef4f3

Tones

Color #98bab6 mixed toward gray.

#9bb7b4

#9eb4b2

#a1b2b0

#a3afad

#a6acab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b7 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#a6a3b7 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#9ab8b8 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98bab6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bab6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#98bab6 (#98bab6) is rgb(152, 186, 182) in RGB.

No, #98bab6 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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