All About Color #998B8A

#998B8A

About #998B8A

#998B8A is a medium gray color with the hex code #998B8A. In RGB it is red 153, green 139, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 4°, saturation 7%, lightness 57%; in CMYK it is 0%, 9%, 10%, 40%. Its contrast ratio is 3.27:1 on white and 6.41:1 on black.

#998B8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet99, 8B, 8A
CMYK0.00%, 9.15%, 9.80%, 40.00%
RGB Decimal153, 139, 138
HSL4°, 7%, 57%
RGB Octal231, 213, 212
HSV (HSB)4.00°, 9.80%, 60.00%
RGB Binary10011001, 10001011, 10001010
CIE-L*AB59.04, 5.05, 2.43
RGB Percent60.00%, 54.51%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH59.04, 5.61, 25.65
XYZ26.96, 27.07, 27.85
CIE-L*UV59.04, 8.37, 2.56
xyY0.33, 0.33, 27.07
Hunter-Lab52.03, 1.42, 4.69
RYB60.00%, 54.54%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#998B8A on a dark background: contrast 6.41:1, passes WCAG AA.
#998B8A on a light background: contrast 3.27:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #998B8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#998B8A · #C4BBBB · #6A5D5C · #8A9899 · #BBC3C4

Analogous palette

#998A98 · #998A90 · #998B8A · #99928A · #98998A

Triadic palette

#998B8A · #8A998B · #8B8A99 · #C4BBBB · #BBC4BB

Tetradic palette

#998B8A · #90998A · #8A9899 · #928A99 · #6A5D5C

Monochromatic palette

#4A4140 · #736564 · #998B8A · #BDB3B3 · #E0DCDC

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