#898f8e

Color #898f8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#898f8e

RGB

rgb(137, 143, 142)

HSL

hsl(170, 2.6%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 4.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.9, -2.38, -0.23)

LCH

lch(58.9, 2.39, 185.52)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0071, 184.83)

HWB

hwb(170, 53.7%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f898a

Analogous

#898f8b

#898f8e

#898d8f

Triadic

#898f8e

#8e898f

#8f8e89

Split-complementary

#898f8e

#8f898d

#8f8b89

Tetradic

#898f8e

#898a8f

#8f898a

#8f8e89

Square

#898f8e

#8b898f

#8f898a

#8d8f89

Shades

Color #898f8e mixed toward black.

#727877

#5b605f

#444847

#2d302f

#171818

Tints

Color #898f8e mixed toward white.

#9da2a1

#b0b4b4

#c4c7c6

#d8dad9

#ebecec

Tones

Color #898f8e mixed toward gray.

#8a8e8e

#8a8e8d

#8a8d8d

#8b8d8d

#8b8c8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c8e · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#8b8b8e · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#898e8e · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 3.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898f8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898f8e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#898f8e (#898f8e) is rgb(137, 143, 142) in RGB.

No, #898f8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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