#989e9e

Color #989e9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.13 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#989e9e

RGB

rgb(152, 158, 158)

HSL

hsl(180, 3%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(64.64, -2.14, -0.75)

LCH

lch(64.64, 2.27, 199.31)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0069, 196.86)

HWB

hwb(180, 59.6%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9898

Analogous

#989e9b

#989e9e

#989b9e

Triadic

#989e9e

#9e989e

#9e9e98

Split-complementary

#989e9e

#9e989b

#9e9b98

Tetradic

#989e9e

#98989e

#9e9898

#9e9e98

Square

#989e9e

#9b989e

#9e9898

#9b9e98

Shades

Color #989e9e mixed toward black.

#7d8585

#646a6a

#4b5050

#323535

#191b1b

Tints

Color #989e9e mixed toward white.

#a9aeae

#babebe

#cccfcf

#dddfdf

#eeefef

Tones

Color #989e9e mixed toward gray.

#999e9e

#999d9d

#9a9d9d

#9a9c9c

#9b9c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b9e · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#9a9a9e · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#989e9e · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 3.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #989e9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989e9e]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#989e9e (#989e9e) is rgb(152, 158, 158) in RGB.

No, #989e9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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