#8481a8

Color #8481a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8481a8

RGB

rgb(132, 129, 168)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 18.3%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 23.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(55.52, 9.66, -20.26)

LCH

lch(55.52, 22.45, 295.49)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0585, 288.03)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 50.6%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a881

Analogous

#8191a8

#8481a8

#9781a8

Triadic

#8481a8

#a88481

#81a884

Split-complementary

#8481a8

#a89781

#91a881

Tetradic

#8481a8

#a881a5

#a5a881

#81a884

Square

#8481a8

#a88191

#a5a881

#81a897

Shades

Color #8481a8 mixed toward black.

#696592

#545175

#3f3d58

#2a283b

#15141d

Tints

Color #8481a8 mixed toward white.

#9896b6

#adabc5

#c1c0d3

#d6d5e2

#eaeaf0

Tones

Color #8481a8 mixed toward gray.

#8784a5

#8987a1

#8c8b9e

#8f8e9b

#929198

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383a0 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#83839e · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#849997 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8481a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8481a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8481a8 (#8481a8) is rgb(132, 129, 168) in RGB.

No, #8481a8 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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