#8788a9

Color #8788a9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8788a9

RGB

rgb(135, 136, 169)

HSL

hsl(238.2, 16.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.2, 20.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(57.68, 6.81, -17.52)

LCH

lch(57.68, 18.8, 291.24)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0492, 283.53)

HWB

hwb(238.2, 52.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a887

Analogous

#8799a9

#8788a9

#9787a9

Triadic

#8788a9

#a98788

#88a987

Split-complementary

#8788a9

#a99787

#99a987

Tetradic

#8788a9

#a887a9

#a9a887

#88a987

Square

#8788a9

#a98799

#a9a887

#87a997

Shades

Color #8788a9 mixed toward black.

#6a6b94

#555676

#3f4059

#2a2b3b

#15151e

Tints

Color #8788a9 mixed toward white.

#9b9cb7

#afb0c6

#c3c4d4

#d7d7e2

#ebebf1

Tones

Color #8788a9 mixed toward gray.

#8a8ba6

#8d8da3

#8f90a0

#92939e

#95959b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a2 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#8787a0 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#879c9a · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8788a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8788a9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8788a9 (#8788a9) is rgb(135, 136, 169) in RGB.

No, #8788a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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