#8888bf

Color #8888bf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.06 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8888bf

RGB

rgb(136, 136, 191)

HSL

hsl(240, 30.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 28.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(58.61, 12.53, -28.62)

LCH

lch(58.61, 31.24, 293.64)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0817, 283.88)

HWB

hwb(240, 53.3%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfbf88

Analogous

#88a3bf

#8888bf

#a388bf

Triadic

#8888bf

#bf8888

#88bf88

Split-complementary

#8888bf

#bfa388

#a3bf88

Tetradic

#8888bf

#bf88bf

#bfbf88

#88bf88

Square

#8888bf

#bf88a3

#bfbf88

#88bfa3

Shades

Color #8888bf mixed toward black.

#6464ac

#4c4c8e

#39396a

#262647

#131323

Tints

Color #8888bf mixed toward white.

#9c9cca

#b0b0d4

#c3c3df

#d7d7ea

#ebebf4

Tones

Color #8888bf mixed toward gray.

#8c8cba

#9191b6

#9696b1

#9a9aad

#9f9fa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888b4 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8888b1 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#88aaa8 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8888bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8888bf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8888bf (#8888bf) is rgb(136, 136, 191) in RGB.

No, #8888bf 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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