#8895a2

Color #8895a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8895a2

RGB

rgb(136, 149, 162)

HSL

hsl(210, 12.3%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 16%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 8%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(61.08, -1.85, -8.4)

LCH

lch(61.08, 8.6, 257.58)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0245, 248.16)

HWB

hwb(210, 53.3%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29588

Analogous

#88a2a2

#8895a2

#8888a2

Triadic

#8895a2

#a28895

#95a288

Split-complementary

#8895a2

#a28888

#a2a288

Tetradic

#8895a2

#9588a2

#a29588

#95a288

Square

#8895a2

#a288a2

#a29588

#88a288

Shades

Color #8895a2 mixed toward black.

#6d7c8b

#57636f

#414a54

#2c3238

#16191c

Tints

Color #8895a2 mixed toward white.

#9ca7b1

#b0b8c1

#c3cad0

#d7dce0

#ebedef

Tones

Color #8895a2 mixed toward gray.

#8a95a0

#8c959e

#8e959b

#919599

#939597

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e9f · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#8d8c9e · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#899d9c · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 7.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8895a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8895a2]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#8895a2 (#8895a2) is rgb(136, 149, 162) in RGB.

No, #8895a2 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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