#8984aa

Color #8984aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8984aa

RGB

rgb(137, 132, 170)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 18.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 22.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(56.8, 10.02, -19.41)

LCH

lch(56.8, 21.84, 297.3)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0568, 290.73)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 51.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5aa84

Analogous

#8492aa

#8984aa

#9c84aa

Triadic

#8984aa

#aa8984

#84aa89

Split-complementary

#8984aa

#aa9c84

#92aa84

Tetradic

#8984aa

#aa84a5

#a5aa84

#84aa89

Square

#8984aa

#aa8492

#a5aa84

#84aa9c

Shades

Color #8984aa mixed toward black.

#6d6795

#575277

#413e59

#2c293c

#16151e

Tints

Color #8984aa mixed toward white.

#9d98b8

#b0adc6

#c4c1d4

#d8d6e3

#ebeaf1

Tones

Color #8984aa mixed toward gray.

#8b87a7

#8e8aa4

#908da0

#92919d

#95949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a2 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8788a0 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#899b99 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8984aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8984aa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8984aa (#8984aa) is rgb(137, 132, 170) in RGB.

No, #8984aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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