#8894b6

Color #8894b6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.25 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8894b6

RGB

rgb(136, 148, 182)

HSL

hsl(224.3, 24%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.3, 25.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(61.47, 3.38, -19.12)

LCH

lch(61.47, 19.42, 280.03)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0524, 269.78)

HWB

hwb(224.3, 53.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6aa88

Analogous

#88abb6

#8894b6

#9388b6

Triadic

#8894b6

#b68894

#94b688

Split-complementary

#8894b6

#b69388

#abb688

Tetradic

#8894b6

#aa88b6

#b6aa88

#94b688

Square

#8894b6

#b688ab

#b6aa88

#88b693

Shades

Color #8894b6 mixed toward black.

#6777a2

#515e84

#3c4663

#282f42

#141721

Tints

Color #8894b6 mixed toward white.

#9ca6c2

#b0b8ce

#c4cadb

#d7dbe7

#ebedf3

Tones

Color #8894b6 mixed toward gray.

#8c96b2

#9098ae

#949aab

#979ba7

#9b9da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8daf · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8cad · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#89a8a7 · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8894b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8894b6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8894b6 (#8894b6) is rgb(136, 148, 182) in RGB.

No, #8894b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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