#9998b1

Color #9998b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.09 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9998b1

RGB

rgb(153, 152, 177)

HSL

hsl(242.4, 13.8%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.4, 14.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(63.67, 5.49, -12.85)

LCH

lch(63.67, 13.97, 293.13)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0364, 287.24)

HWB

hwb(242.4, 59.6%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b198

Analogous

#98a3b1

#9998b1

#a598b1

Triadic

#9998b1

#b19998

#98b199

Split-complementary

#9998b1

#b1a598

#a3b198

Tetradic

#9998b1

#b198b0

#b0b198

#98b199

Square

#9998b1

#b198a3

#b0b198

#98b1a5

Shades

Color #9998b1 mixed toward black.

#7a7999

#605f7d

#48475e

#302f3e

#18181f

Tints

Color #9998b1 mixed toward white.

#aaa9be

#bbbacb

#cccbd8

#dddde5

#eeeef2

Tones

Color #9998b1 mixed toward gray.

#9b9aaf

#9d9cad

#9f9eab

#a1a0a9

#a3a2a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ab · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9999aa · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#99a7a6 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9998b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9998b1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9998b1 (#9998b1) is rgb(153, 152, 177) in RGB.

No, #9998b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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