#9b98b9

Color #9b98b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9b98b9

RGB

rgb(155, 152, 185)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 19.1%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 17.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(64.1, 7.92, -16.69)

LCH

lch(64.1, 18.47, 295.39)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0481, 289.19)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 59.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b998

Analogous

#98a6b9

#9b98b9

#ac98b9

Triadic

#9b98b9

#b99b98

#98b99b

Split-complementary

#9b98b9

#b9ac98

#a6b998

Tetradic

#9b98b9

#b998b6

#b6b998

#98b99b

Square

#9b98b9

#b998a6

#b6b998

#98b9ac

Shades

Color #9b98b9 mixed toward black.

#7b77a2

#5f5b86

#474464

#2f2d43

#181721

Tints

Color #9b98b9 mixed toward white.

#aca9c5

#bcbad0

#cdccdc

#dedde8

#eeeef3

Tones

Color #9b98b9 mixed toward gray.

#9d9bb6

#a09eb4

#a2a0b1

#a4a3ae

#a6a6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ab2 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9a9ab0 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#9bacaa · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b98b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b98b9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#9b98b9 (#9b98b9) is rgb(155, 152, 185) in RGB.

No, #9b98b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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