#899e9b

Color #899e9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#899e9b

RGB

rgb(137, 158, 155)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 9.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 13.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.46, -7.99, -0.93)

LCH

lch(63.46, 8.04, 186.64)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.024, 186.21)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 53.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e898c

Analogous

#899e90

#899e9b

#89969e

Triadic

#899e9b

#9b899e

#9e9b89

Split-complementary

#899e9b

#9e8996

#9e9089

Tetradic

#899e9b

#898c9e

#9e898c

#9e9b89

Square

#899e9b

#90899e

#9e898c

#969e89

Shades

Color #899e9b mixed toward black.

#6f8783

#596c69

#42514f

#2c3635

#161b1a

Tints

Color #899e9b mixed toward white.

#9daeac

#b0bebc

#c4cecd

#d8dfde

#ebefee

Tones

Color #899e9b mixed toward gray.

#8b9c9a

#8c9a98

#8e9997

#909796

#929595

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93939c · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#91909c · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#8a9c9c · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899e9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899e9b]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#899e9b (#899e9b) is rgb(137, 158, 155) in RGB.

No, #899e9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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