#8999a3

Color #8999a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8999a3

RGB

rgb(137, 153, 163)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 12.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 16%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 6.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62.29, -3.52, -7.15)

LCH

lch(62.29, 7.97, 243.79)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0235, 235.23)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 53.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39389

Analogous

#89a3a0

#8999a3

#898ca3

Triadic

#8999a3

#a38999

#99a389

Split-complementary

#8999a3

#a3898c

#a3a089

Tetradic

#8999a3

#9389a3

#a39389

#99a389

Square

#8999a3

#a089a3

#a39389

#8ca389

Shades

Color #8999a3 mixed toward black.

#6d818c

#586770

#424d54

#2c3338

#161a1c

Tints

Color #8999a3 mixed toward white.

#9daab2

#b0bbc2

#c4ccd1

#d8dde0

#ebeef0

Tones

Color #8999a3 mixed toward gray.

#8b98a1

#8d989f

#8f979c

#92979a

#949698

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a1 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#8f8ea0 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#8a9f9e · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8999a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8999a3]

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Frequently asked questions

#8999a3 (#8999a3) is rgb(137, 153, 163) in RGB.

No, #8999a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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