#8891ba

Color #8891ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.86 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#8891ba

RGB

rgb(136, 145, 186)

HSL

hsl(229.2, 26.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.2, 26.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 22%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(60.81, 6.08, -22.4)

LCH

lch(60.81, 23.21, 285.19)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0618, 275.01)

HWB

hwb(229.2, 53.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bab188

Analogous

#88aaba

#8891ba

#9888ba

Triadic

#8891ba

#ba8891

#91ba88

Split-complementary

#8891ba

#ba9888

#aaba88

Tetradic

#8891ba

#b188ba

#bab188

#91ba88

Square

#8891ba

#ba88aa

#bab188

#88ba98

Shades

Color #8891ba mixed toward black.

#6672a6

#4f5988

#3b4366

#272d44

#141622

Tints

Color #8891ba mixed toward white.

#9ca3c5

#b0b6d1

#c3c8dc

#d7dae8

#ebedf3

Tones

Color #8891ba mixed toward gray.

#8c94b6

#9096b2

#9499ad

#999ca9

#9d9ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

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

#8c8cb1 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8baf · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#88aaa8 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8891ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8891ba]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8891ba (#8891ba) is rgb(136, 145, 186) in RGB.

No, #8891ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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