#898c9f

Color #898c9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#898c9f

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 159)

HSL

hsl(231.8, 10.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.8, 13.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(58.58, 2.9, -10.42)

LCH

lch(58.58, 10.82, 285.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0285, 278.47)

HWB

hwb(231.8, 53.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9c89

Analogous

#89979f

#898c9f

#91899f

Triadic

#898c9f

#9f898c

#8c9f89

Split-complementary

#898c9f

#9f9189

#979f89

Tetradic

#898c9f

#9c899f

#9f9c89

#8c9f89

Square

#898c9f

#9f8997

#9f9c89

#899f91

Shades

Color #898c9f mixed toward black.

#6f7288

#585b6d

#424452

#2c2e36

#16171b

Tints

Color #898c9f mixed toward white.

#9d9faf

#b0b2bf

#c4c5cf

#d8d9df

#ebecef

Tones

Color #898c9f mixed toward gray.

#8b8d9d

#8d8f9b

#8e9099

#909198

#929396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9b · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9a · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#899796 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898c9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898c9f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#898c9f (#898c9f) is rgb(137, 140, 159) in RGB.

No, #898c9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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