#8894c7

Color #8894c7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.84 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8894c7

RGB

rgb(136, 148, 199)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 36%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 31.7%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(62.11, 7.66, -27.71)

LCH

lch(62.11, 28.75, 285.45)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0769, 273.95)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 53.3%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7bb88

Analogous

#88b4c7

#8894c7

#9c88c7

Triadic

#8894c7

#c78894

#94c788

Split-complementary

#8894c7

#c79c88

#b4c788

Tetradic

#8894c7

#bb88c7

#c7bb88

#94c788

Square

#8894c7

#c788b4

#c7bb88

#88c79c

Shades

Color #8894c7 mixed toward black.

#6272b5

#475798

#364172

#242b4c

#121626

Tints

Color #8894c7 mixed toward white.

#9ca6d0

#b0b8da

#c4cae3

#d7dbec

#ebedf6

Tones

Color #8894c7 mixed toward gray.

#8d97c2

#939bbd

#989eb7

#9da1b2

#a2a4ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dbc · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8cba · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#89b3b1 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8894c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8894c7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8894c7 (#8894c7) is rgb(136, 148, 199) in RGB.

No, #8894c7 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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