Information about #98A99B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted neutral grey, #98A99B has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Edward (#97A49A). Slightly further away sit Dark Ash (#9BA49E) and Robins Egg Blue (#9EAA9E).
The recipe behind #98A99B is rgb(152, 169, 155), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #98A99B: 8.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#98A99B color variations
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#98A99B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#98A99B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#98A99B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#98A99B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#98A99B 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 #98A99B color
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Nearest named colors to #98A99B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#97A49A
#9BA49E
#9EAA9E
#9FA19E
#9CACA5
#9D9F9A
#A1A894
#8EA5A0
#A0A197
#A3A49C
#9EA0A1
#8DA399
#98A99B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#98A99B
- RGB152, 169, 155
- CMYK7, 0, 5, 34
- CSSrgb(152, 169, 155)
- HSL131°, 9%, 63%
- HSL Precise130.588°, 8.995%, 62.941%
- HSV131°, 10%, 66%
- HSB131°, 10%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.596
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.608
- GLSLvec3(0.596, 0.663, 0.608)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.596, 0.663, 0.608, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.596, 0.663, 0.608)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60.8%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID98A99B
- DECIMAL ID10004891
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
