#8896cb

Color #8896cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8896cb

RGB

rgb(136, 150, 203)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 39.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 33%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(62.81, 7.55, -28.87)

LCH

lch(62.81, 29.84, 284.66)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0801, 272.72)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 53.3%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbbd88

Analogous

#88b8cb

#8896cb

#9c88cb

Triadic

#8896cb

#cb8896

#96cb88

Split-complementary

#8896cb

#cb9c88

#b8cb88

Tetradic

#8896cb

#bd88cb

#cbbd88

#96cb88

Square

#8896cb

#cb88b8

#cbbd88

#88cb9c

Shades

Color #8896cb mixed toward black.

#6173ba

#45579d

#344176

#222c4f

#111627

Tints

Color #8896cb mixed toward white.

#9ca8d4

#b0b9dc

#c4cbe5

#d7dcee

#ebeef6

Tones

Color #8896cb mixed toward gray.

#8e99c5

#939dc0

#99a0ba

#9ea3b5

#a4a6af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ec0 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#8d8cbd · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#89b7b4 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8896cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8896cb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8896cb (#8896cb) is rgb(136, 150, 203) in RGB.

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

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