#9894a4

Color #9894a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9894a4

RGB

rgb(152, 148, 164)

HSL

hsl(255, 8.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 9.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(62.11, 4.64, -7.86)

LCH

lch(62.11, 9.13, 300.55)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0237, 297.11)

HWB

hwb(255, 58%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a494

Analogous

#9498a4

#9894a4

#a094a4

Triadic

#9894a4

#a49894

#94a498

Split-complementary

#9894a4

#a4a094

#98a494

Tetradic

#9894a4

#a494a0

#a0a494

#94a498

Square

#9894a4

#a49498

#a0a494

#94a4a0

Shades

Color #9894a4 mixed toward black.

#7d788c

#646070

#4b4854

#323038

#19181c

Tints

Color #9894a4 mixed toward white.

#a9a6b3

#bab8c2

#cccad2

#dddbe1

#eeedf0

Tones

Color #9894a4 mixed toward gray.

#9995a3

#9997a1

#9a98a0

#9b999f

#9b9b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#97979f · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#989d9d · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9894a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9894a4]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#9894a4 (#9894a4) is rgb(152, 148, 164) in RGB.

No, #9894a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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