#898ca3

Color #898ca3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#898ca3

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 163)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 12.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 16%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(58.71, 3.8, -12.51)

LCH

lch(58.71, 13.07, 286.9)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0344, 279.54)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 53.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a089

Analogous

#8999a3

#898ca3

#9389a3

Triadic

#898ca3

#a3898c

#8ca389

Split-complementary

#898ca3

#a39389

#99a389

Tetradic

#898ca3

#a089a3

#a3a089

#8ca389

Square

#898ca3

#a38999

#a3a089

#89a393

Shades

Color #898ca3 mixed toward black.

#6d718c

#585a70

#424454

#2c2d38

#16171c

Tints

Color #898ca3 mixed toward white.

#9d9fb2

#b0b2c2

#c4c5d1

#d8d9e0

#ebecf0

Tones

Color #898ca3 mixed toward gray.

#8b8ea1

#8d8f9f

#8f919c

#92939a

#949498

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9e · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9d · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#899a99 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ca3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ca3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ca3 (#898ca3) is rgb(137, 140, 163) in RGB.

No, #898ca3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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