#8494ac

Color #8494ac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.27 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8494ac

RGB

rgb(132, 148, 172)

HSL

hsl(216, 19.4%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 23.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 14%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(60.84, -0.29, -14.46)

LCH

lch(60.84, 14.46, 268.85)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0402, 258.38)

HWB

hwb(216, 51.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac9c84

Analogous

#84a8ac

#8494ac

#8884ac

Triadic

#8494ac

#ac8494

#94ac84

Split-complementary

#8494ac

#ac8884

#a8ac84

Tetradic

#8494ac

#9c84ac

#ac9c84

#94ac84

Square

#8494ac

#ac84a8

#ac9c84

#84ac88

Shades

Color #8494ac mixed toward black.

#667a97

#526179

#3d495b

#29313c

#14181e

Tints

Color #8494ac mixed toward white.

#98a6ba

#adb8c8

#c1c9d5

#d6dbe3

#eaedf1

Tones

Color #8494ac mixed toward gray.

#8795a9

#8b95a5

#8e96a2

#91979f

#95979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba7 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#8a89a5 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#85a2a1 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8494ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8494ac]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8494ac (#8494ac) is rgb(132, 148, 172) in RGB.

No, #8494ac 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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