#8181a0

Color #8181a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.54 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8181a0

RGB

rgb(129, 129, 160)

HSL

hsl(240, 14%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(54.97, 6.76, -16.5)

LCH

lch(54.97, 17.83, 292.28)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0466, 284.93)

HWB

hwb(240, 50.6%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a081

Analogous

#8191a0

#8181a0

#9181a0

Triadic

#8181a0

#a08181

#81a081

Split-complementary

#8181a0

#a09181

#91a081

Tetradic

#8181a0

#a081a0

#a0a081

#81a081

Square

#8181a0

#a08191

#a0a081

#81a091

Shades

Color #8181a0 mixed toward black.

#686889

#53536e

#3e3e52

#292937

#15151b

Tints

Color #8181a0 mixed toward white.

#9696b0

#ababc0

#c0c0d0

#d5d5df

#eaeaef

Tones

Color #8181a0 mixed toward gray.

#84849d

#86869b

#898998

#8b8b96

#8e8e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818199 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#818198 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#819492 · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8181a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8181a0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8181a0 (#8181a0) is rgb(129, 129, 160) in RGB.

No, #8181a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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