#9998a6

Color #9998a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9998a6

RGB

rgb(153, 152, 166)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 7.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 8.4%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.33, 3.15, -7.18)

LCH

lch(63.33, 7.84, 293.69)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0203, 289.24)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 59.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a698

Analogous

#989ea6

#9998a6

#a098a6

Triadic

#9998a6

#a69998

#98a699

Split-complementary

#9998a6

#a6a098

#9ea698

Tetradic

#9998a6

#a698a5

#a5a698

#98a699

Square

#9998a6

#a6989e

#a5a698

#98a6a0

Shades

Color #9998a6 mixed toward black.

#7d7c8e

#636272

#4b4a55

#323139

#19191c

Tints

Color #9998a6 mixed toward white.

#aaa9b5

#bbbac4

#ccccd3

#dddde1

#eeeef0

Tones

Color #9998a6 mixed toward gray.

#9a99a5

#9b9aa4

#9c9ca3

#9d9da1

#9e9ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a3 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#9999a2 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#99a0a0 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9998a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9998a6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9998a6 (#9998a6) is rgb(153, 152, 166) in RGB.

No, #9998a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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