#8497bd

Color #8497bd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.27 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8497bd

RGB

rgb(132, 151, 189)

HSL

hsl(220, 30.2%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 30.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(62.26, 2.2, -21.89)

LCH

lch(62.26, 22, 275.74)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0605, 264.03)

HWB

hwb(220, 51.8%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdaa84

Analogous

#84b3bd

#8497bd

#8d84bd

Triadic

#8497bd

#bd8497

#97bd84

Split-complementary

#8497bd

#bd8d84

#b3bd84

Tetradic

#8497bd

#aa84bd

#bdaa84

#97bd84

Square

#8497bd

#bd84b3

#bdaa84

#84bd8d

Shades

Color #8497bd mixed toward black.

#6179aa

#4b608b

#384868

#253046

#131823

Tints

Color #8497bd mixed toward white.

#98a8c8

#adbad3

#c1cbde

#d6dce9

#eaeef4

Tones

Color #8497bd mixed toward gray.

#8998b8

#8d9ab3

#929caf

#979daa

#9c9fa5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8db5 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#8c8ab3 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#85aeac · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8497bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8497bd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8497bd (#8497bd) is rgb(132, 151, 189) in RGB.

No, #8497bd 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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