#8697c8

Color #8697c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.04 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8697c8

RGB

rgb(134, 151, 200)

HSL

hsl(224.5, 37.5%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.5, 33%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(62.82, 5.62, -27.19)

LCH

lch(62.82, 27.76, 281.68)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0753, 269.54)

HWB

hwb(224.5, 52.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8b786

Analogous

#86b8c8

#8697c8

#9686c8

Triadic

#8697c8

#c88697

#97c886

Split-complementary

#8697c8

#c89686

#b8c886

Tetradic

#8697c8

#b786c8

#c8b786

#97c886

Square

#8697c8

#c886b8

#c8b786

#86c896

Shades

Color #8697c8 mixed toward black.

#6076b7

#465b99

#344473

#232e4d

#111726

Tints

Color #8697c8 mixed toward white.

#9aa8d1

#aebada

#c3cbe4

#d7dced

#ebeef6

Tones

Color #8697c8 mixed toward gray.

#8c9ac3

#919cbd

#979fb8

#9ca2b2

#a2a4ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ebe · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#8d8bbb · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#87b5b3 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8697c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8697c8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8697c8 (#8697c8) is rgb(134, 151, 200) in RGB.

No, #8697c8 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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