#8794a5

Color #8794a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8794a5

RGB

rgb(135, 148, 165)

HSL

hsl(214, 14.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 18.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(60.82, -0.95, -10.49)

LCH

lch(60.82, 10.53, 264.83)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0294, 255.21)

HWB

hwb(214, 52.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a59887

Analogous

#87a3a5

#8794a5

#8987a5

Triadic

#8794a5

#a58794

#94a587

Split-complementary

#8794a5

#a58987

#a3a587

Tetradic

#8794a5

#9887a5

#a59887

#94a587

Square

#8794a5

#a587a3

#a59887

#87a589

Shades

Color #8794a5 mixed toward black.

#6b7b8f

#566272

#404a56

#2b3139

#15191d

Tints

Color #8794a5 mixed toward white.

#9ba6b4

#afb8c3

#c3c9d2

#d7dbe1

#ebedf0

Tones

Color #8794a5 mixed toward gray.

#8994a2

#8c95a0

#8e959d

#91959b

#939698

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

#8d8da1 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#8c8ba0 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#889e9d · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8794a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8794a5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8794a5 (#8794a5) is rgb(135, 148, 165) in RGB.

No, #8794a5 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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