#8887b5

Color #8887b5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8887b5

RGB

rgb(136, 135, 181)

HSL

hsl(241.3, 23.7%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.3, 25.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(57.94, 10.61, -23.96)

LCH

lch(57.94, 26.2, 293.88)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0684, 285.26)

HWB

hwb(241.3, 52.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b587

Analogous

#879db5

#8887b5

#9f87b5

Triadic

#8887b5

#b58887

#87b588

Split-complementary

#8887b5

#b59f87

#9db587

Tetradic

#8887b5

#b587b4

#b4b587

#87b588

Square

#8887b5

#b5879d

#b4b587

#87b59f

Shades

Color #8887b5 mixed toward black.

#6867a1

#525082

#3d3c62

#292841

#141421

Tints

Color #8887b5 mixed toward white.

#9c9bc1

#b0afce

#c4c3da

#d7d7e6

#ebebf3

Tones

Color #8887b5 mixed toward gray.

#8c8bb1

#8f8fad

#9393aa

#9796a6

#9a9aa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888ab · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8888a9 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#88a3a1 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8887b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8887b5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8887b5 (#8887b5) is rgb(136, 135, 181) in RGB.

No, #8887b5 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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