#8383a9

Color #8383a9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.94 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8383a9

RGB

rgb(131, 131, 169)

HSL

hsl(240, 18.1%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 22.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(56.01, 8.41, -20.09)

LCH

lch(56.01, 21.78, 292.71)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.057, 284.65)

HWB

hwb(240, 51.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a983

Analogous

#8396a9

#8383a9

#9683a9

Triadic

#8383a9

#a98383

#83a983

Split-complementary

#8383a9

#a99683

#96a983

Tetradic

#8383a9

#a983a9

#a9a983

#83a983

Square

#8383a9

#a98396

#a9a983

#83a996

Shades

Color #8383a9 mixed toward black.

#666694

#525276

#3d3d59

#29293b

#14141e

Tints

Color #8383a9 mixed toward white.

#9898b7

#acacc6

#c1c1d4

#d6d6e2

#eaeaf1

Tones

Color #8383a9 mixed toward gray.

#8686a6

#8989a3

#8c8c9f

#90909c

#939399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383a1 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#83839f · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#839a98 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8383a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8383a9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8383a9 (#8383a9) is rgb(131, 131, 169) in RGB.

No, #8383a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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