#8593ab

Color #8593ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8593ab

RGB

rgb(133, 147, 171)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 18.4%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 22.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 14%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(60.6, 0.35, -14.25)

LCH

lch(60.6, 14.25, 271.41)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0393, 261.21)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 52.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab9d85

Analogous

#85a6ab

#8593ab

#8a85ab

Triadic

#8593ab

#ab8593

#93ab85

Split-complementary

#8593ab

#ab8a85

#a6ab85

Tetradic

#8593ab

#9d85ab

#ab9d85

#93ab85

Square

#8593ab

#ab85a6

#ab9d85

#85ab8a

Shades

Color #8593ab mixed toward black.

#677996

#536078

#3e485a

#29303c

#15181e

Tints

Color #8593ab mixed toward white.

#99a5b9

#aeb7c7

#c2c9d5

#d6dbe3

#ebedf1

Tones

Color #8593ab mixed toward gray.

#8894a8

#8b95a5

#8f95a1

#92969e

#95979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba6 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#8a89a4 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#86a1a0 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 10.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8593ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8593ab]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8593ab (#8593ab) is rgb(133, 147, 171) in RGB.

No, #8593ab 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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