#8896ab

Color #8896ab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.22 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8896ab

RGB

rgb(136, 150, 171)

HSL

hsl(216, 17.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 20.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(61.64, -0.36, -12.65)

LCH

lch(61.64, 12.66, 268.37)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0351, 258.34)

HWB

hwb(216, 53.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab9d88

Analogous

#88a7ab

#8896ab

#8c88ab

Triadic

#8896ab

#ab8896

#96ab88

Split-complementary

#8896ab

#ab8c88

#a7ab88

Tetradic

#8896ab

#9d88ab

#ab9d88

#96ab88

Square

#8896ab

#ab88a7

#ab9d88

#88ab8c

Shades

Color #8896ab mixed toward black.

#6a7c96

#556378

#404a5a

#2a313c

#15191e

Tints

Color #8896ab mixed toward white.

#9ca8b9

#b0b9c7

#c4cbd5

#d7dce3

#ebeef1

Tones

Color #8896ab mixed toward gray.

#8b97a8

#8e97a5

#9198a2

#94989f

#97999c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

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

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea6 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8d8ca5 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#89a2a1 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8896ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8896ab]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8896ab (#8896ab) is rgb(136, 150, 171) in RGB.

No, #8896ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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