#808dbf

Color #808dbf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.05 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#808dbf

RGB

rgb(128, 141, 191)

HSL

hsl(227.6, 33%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.6, 33%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 26.2%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(59.34, 7.26, -27.53)

LCH

lch(59.34, 28.47, 284.77)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0764, 272.85)

HWB

hwb(227.6, 50.2%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfb280

Analogous

#80acbf

#808dbf

#9280bf

Triadic

#808dbf

#bf808d

#8dbf80

Split-complementary

#808dbf

#bf9280

#acbf80

Tetradic

#808dbf

#b280bf

#bfb280

#8dbf80

Square

#808dbf

#bf80ac

#bfb280

#80bf92

Shades

Color #808dbf mixed toward black.

#5c6dad

#47568d

#35406a

#242b47

#121523

Tints

Color #808dbf mixed toward white.

#95a0ca

#aab3d4

#bfc6df

#d5d9ea

#eaecf4

Tones

Color #808dbf mixed toward gray.

#8590ba

#8a93b4

#9096af

#9599aa

#9a9ca5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686b5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8584b2 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#81acaa · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 17.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #808dbf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#808dbf]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#808dbf (#808dbf) is rgb(128, 141, 191) in RGB.

No, #808dbf is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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