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#898AAA

#898aaa ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#898aaa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 54.12% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.41% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 238.18°, with 16.26% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.264

Complementary

  1. #898aaa
  2. #aaa989

Split complementary

  1. #898aaa
  2. #aa9989
  3. #9baa89

Analogous

  1. #899baa
  2. #898aaa
  3. #9989aa

Triadic

  1. #898aaa
  2. #aa898a
  3. #8aaa89

Tetradic

  1. #898aaa
  2. #a989aa
  3. #aaa989
  4. #8aaa89

Square

  1. #898aaa
  2. #aa899b
  3. #aaa989
  4. #89aa99

Monochromatic

  1. #40415a
  2. #616286
  3. #898aaa
  4. #b5b6ca
  5. #e2e2ea

Shades

#898aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #898aaa
  2. #7b7c99
  3. #6e6e88
  4. #606177
  5. #525366
  6. #454555
  7. #373744
  8. #292933
  9. #1b1c22
  10. #0e0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#898aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #898aaa
  2. #9596b3
  3. #a1a1bb
  4. #acadc4
  5. #b8b9cc
  6. #c4c5d5
  7. #d0d0dd
  8. #dcdce6
  9. #e7e8ee
  10. #f3f3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#898aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #898aaa
  2. #8889a6
  3. #8788a2
  4. #86879d
  5. #858699
  6. #858595
  7. #848491
  8. #83838d
  9. #828288
  10. #818184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b8b99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828dab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818ba9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #828f95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #858cab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #848ba9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #858d9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-898aaa {
  color: #898aaa;
}
Background
.bg-898aaa {
  background-color: #898aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-898aaa {
  border: 2px solid #898aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #898aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 138 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 16% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-898aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #898aaa, #9989aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-898aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 138 170 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 3.93 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.44 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.57 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.70 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.70 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.09 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.52 #767555 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#898aaa  rgb(137, 138, 170)  hsl(238, 16%, 60%)  Cool Gray
#aaa989  rgb(170, 169, 137)  hsl(58, 16%, 60%)  Sage
#aa898a  rgb(170, 137, 138)  hsl(358, 16%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#8aaa89  rgb(138, 170, 137)  hsl(118, 16%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green