Information about #98A8AE color
Basic facts about this digital color
#98A8AE is a softly toned steel-blue azure that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Cyanish Grey (#9CA8A8). Slightly further away sit Sorrento (#9AB0AC) and Utata Gray (#A0AAAB).
In RGB terms — rgb(152, 168, 174) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #98A8AE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#98A8AE color variations
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#98A8AE color tints
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#98A8AE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#98A8AE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#98A8AE color hues
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#98A8AE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #98A8AE color
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Nearest named colors to #98A8AE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9CA8A8
#9AB0AC
#A0AAAB
#91A3B0
#92ACB4
#92A0AC
#9CACA5
#A2AAB1
#A1A9A8
#9FA3A7
#93A2B7
#A0B1AE
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#98A8AE
- RGB152, 168, 174
- CMYK9, 2, 0, 32
- CSSrgb(152, 168, 174)
- HSL196°, 12%, 64%
- HSL Precise196.364°, 11.957%, 63.922%
- HSV196°, 13%, 68%
- HSB196°, 13%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.596
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
- GLSLvec3(0.596, 0.659, 0.682)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.596, 0.659, 0.682, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.596, 0.659, 0.682)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID98A8AE
- DECIMAL ID10004654
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
