#89879f

Color #89879f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.23 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#89879f

RGB

rgb(137, 135, 159)

HSL

hsl(245, 11.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 15.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.22, 5.76, -12.46)

LCH

lch(57.22, 13.73, 294.81)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0357, 289.15)

HWB

hwb(245, 52.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9f87

Analogous

#87919f

#89879f

#95879f

Triadic

#89879f

#9f8987

#879f89

Split-complementary

#89879f

#9f9587

#919f87

Tetradic

#89879f

#9f879d

#9d9f87

#879f89

Square

#89879f

#9f8791

#9d9f87

#879f95

Shades

Color #89879f mixed toward black.

#6f6d88

#59576d

#434152

#2c2c36

#16161b

Tints

Color #89879f mixed toward white.

#9d9baf

#b0afbf

#c4c3cf

#d8d7df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #89879f mixed toward gray.

#8b899d

#8c8b9b

#8e8d99

#908f97

#919195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88889a · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#888898 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#899594 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 11.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #89879f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89879f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#89879f (#89879f) is rgb(137, 135, 159) in RGB.

No, #89879f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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