#8895ab

Color #8895ab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8895ab

RGB

rgb(136, 149, 171)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 17.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 20.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(61.37, 0.2, -13.07)

LCH

lch(61.37, 13.07, 270.88)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0359, 261.04)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 53.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab9e88

Analogous

#88a6ab

#8895ab

#8d88ab

Triadic

#8895ab

#ab8895

#95ab88

Split-complementary

#8895ab

#ab8d88

#a6ab88

Tetradic

#8895ab

#9e88ab

#ab9e88

#95ab88

Square

#8895ab

#ab88a6

#ab9e88

#88ab8d

Shades

Color #8895ab mixed toward black.

#6a7a96

#556278

#40495a

#2a313c

#15181e

Tints

Color #8895ab mixed toward white.

#9ca7b9

#b0b8c7

#c4cad5

#d7dce3

#ebedf1

Tones

Color #8895ab mixed toward gray.

#8b96a8

#8e97a5

#9197a2

#94989f

#97999c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea6 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#8d8ca5 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#89a2a1 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8895ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8895ab]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8895ab (#8895ab) is rgb(136, 149, 171) in RGB.

No, #8895ab 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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