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Home/Colors/#989AA9

Nearest named color · #989AA9

#989AA9

Nearest named color: Too Big to Whale

#989AA9 (rgb(152 154 169), hsl(233 9% 63%), oklch(0.689 0.022 279.8)) is closest to the named color Too Big to Whale. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#989AA9

oklch(0.689 0.022 279.8)

Color conversions

HEX
#989aa9
RGB
rgb(152 154 169)
HSL
hsl(233 9% 63%)
HWB
hwb(233 60% 34%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.689 0.022 279.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.689 0.004 -0.022)
CIE Lab
lab(63.8 1.53 -8.12)
LCH
lch(63.8 8.26 280.7)
CMYK
cmyk(10% 9% 0% 34%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • A2A4B1
  • ACADBA
  • B6B7C2
  • C0C1CB
  • CACBD3
  • D5D6DC
  • DFE0E5
  • EAEAED
  • F4F5F6

Shades

  • 848592
  • 70717C
  • 5C5E67
  • 4A4B53
  • 38393F
  • 27272C
  • 17171B
  • 08090A
  • 010101

Tones

  • 9697A5
  • 9395A1
  • 91929D
  • 8E9098
  • 8C8D94
  • 898A90
  • 87888C
  • 858588
  • 828384

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • 989AA9

    Too Big to Whale

  • 9E9C8C

    ≈ Milk Thistle

Analogous -30° +30°

  • 989AA9

    Too Big to Whale

  • 919DA9

    ≈ Blue Heeler

  • 9F98A6

    ≈ Fortune

Triadic +120° +240°

  • 989AA9

    Too Big to Whale

  • A89791

    ≈ Putty Pearl

  • 90A096

    ≈ Verdant Retreat

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • 989AA9

    Too Big to Whale

  • A4998D

    ≈ Grey Flanks

  • 979E90

    ≈ Sycamore Stand

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • 989AA9

    Too Big to Whale

  • A89698

    ≈ Sunrise Over Tahiti

  • 9E9C8C

    ≈ Milk Thistle

  • 8CA09E

    ≈ Aqua Smoke

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.78:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.53:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.53:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #989AA9 / #FFFFFF
  • #989AA9 / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #989AA9
  • #000000 / #989AA9

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --too-big-to-whale: #989aa9;
  --too-big-to-whale-rgb: 152 154 169;
  --too-big-to-whale-oklch: oklch(0.689 0.022 279.8);
}

.element {
  color: var(--too-big-to-whale);
  background-color: hsl(233 9% 63%);
  border-color: oklch(0.689 0.022 279.8);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-too-big-to-whale: #989aa9;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-50: #f4f4fb;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-100: #e6e7ef;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-200: #d2d3de;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-300: #b5b6c3;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-400: #9b9dac;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-500: #838595;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-600: #6f707e;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-700: #595a65;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-800: #40424a;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-900: #2c2d33;
  --color-too-big-to-whale-950: #191a1f;
}

SCSS

$too-big-to-whale: #989aa9;
$too-big-to-whale-rgb: 152, 154, 169;
$too-big-to-whale-light: mix(#fff, $too-big-to-whale, 20%);
$too-big-to-whale-dark: mix(#000, $too-big-to-whale, 20%);

.element {
  color: $too-big-to-whale;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($too-big-to-whale, 0.35);
}

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  • 9799A6

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  • 9998A7

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  • 989CAB

    Wet Asphalt

  • 9C9BA7

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  • 939CAB

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  • 929BAC

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  • 9698A3

    Dark Ages

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