#9b98a9

Color #9b98a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9b98a9

RGB

rgb(155, 152, 169)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 9%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 10.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.58, 4.47, -8.47)

LCH

lch(63.58, 9.58, 297.82)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0248, 293.77)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 59.6%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a998

Analogous

#989da9

#9b98a9

#a398a9

Triadic

#9b98a9

#a99b98

#98a99b

Split-complementary

#9b98a9

#a9a398

#9da998

Tetradic

#9b98a9

#a998a6

#a6a998

#98a99b

Square

#9b98a9

#a9989d

#a6a998

#98a9a3

Shades

Color #9b98a9 mixed toward black.

#7f7b91

#656175

#4c4957

#32313a

#19181d

Tints

Color #9b98a9 mixed toward white.

#aca9b7

#bcbac6

#cdcbd4

#dedde2

#eeeef1

Tones

Color #9b98a9 mixed toward gray.

#9c99a7

#9d9ba6

#9e9ca5

#9f9ea3

#9f9fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9a9aa4 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#9ba2a1 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b98a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b98a9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9b98a9 (#9b98a9) is rgb(155, 152, 169) in RGB.

No, #9b98a9 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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