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#9A98BB

#9a98bb ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9a98bb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 59.61% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.65% cyan, 18.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 243.43°, with 20.47% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.3291

Complementary

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #b9bb98

Split complementary

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #bbab98
  3. #a7bb98

Analogous

  1. #98a7bb
  2. #9a98bb
  3. #ab98bb

Triadic

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #bb9a98
  3. #98bb9a

Tetradic

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #bb98b9
  3. #b9bb98
  4. #98bb9a

Square

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #bb98a7
  3. #b9bb98
  4. #98bbab

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4a70
  2. #6d6a9d
  3. #9a98bb
  4. #c7c6d9
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#9a98bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #8b89a8
  3. #7b7a96
  4. #6c6a83
  5. #5c5b70
  6. #4d4c5e
  7. #3e3d4b
  8. #2e2e38
  9. #1f1e25
  10. #0f0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a98bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #a4a2c2
  3. #aeadc9
  4. #b8b7cf
  5. #c2c1d6
  6. #cdccdd
  7. #d7d6e4
  8. #e1e0eb
  9. #ebeaf1
  10. #f5f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a98bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a98bb
  2. #9796b5
  3. #9593af
  4. #9291a9
  5. #908ea3
  6. #8d8c9e
  7. #8a8a98
  8. #888792
  9. #85858c
  10. #838286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9aa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909cbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9aba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #939ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #949bbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9499ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #969bad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a98bb {
  color: #9a98bb;
}
Background
.bg-9a98bb {
  background-color: #9a98bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a98bb {
  border: 2px solid #9a98bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a98bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 152 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 20% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a98bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a98bb, #ab98bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a98bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 152 187 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.44 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.50 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.65 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.88 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.95 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.04 #656744 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#9a98bb  rgb(154, 152, 187)  hsl(243, 20%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#b9bb98  rgb(185, 187, 152)  hsl(63, 20%, 66%)  Sage
#bb9a98  rgb(187, 154, 152)  hsl(3, 20%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#98bb9a  rgb(152, 187, 154)  hsl(123, 20%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green