#8799b3

Color #8799b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8799b3

RGB

rgb(135, 153, 179)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 22.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 24.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(62.67, -0.48, -15.63)

LCH

lch(62.67, 15.64, 268.24)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0437, 257.58)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 52.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a187

Analogous

#87afb3

#8799b3

#8b87b3

Triadic

#8799b3

#b38799

#99b387

Split-complementary

#8799b3

#b38b87

#afb387

Tetradic

#8799b3

#a187b3

#b3a187

#99b387

Square

#8799b3

#b387af

#b3a187

#87b38b

Shades

Color #8799b3 mixed toward black.

#677e9f

#516480

#3d4b60

#293240

#141920

Tints

Color #8799b3 mixed toward white.

#9baac0

#afbbcc

#c3ccd9

#d7dde6

#ebeef2

Tones

Color #8799b3 mixed toward gray.

#8b9aaf

#8e9aac

#929ba8

#969ca4

#999ca1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fad · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#8e8dac · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#88a8a7 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8799b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8799b3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8799b3 (#8799b3) is rgb(135, 153, 179) in RGB.

No, #8799b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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