#8985a6

Color #8985a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8985a6

RGB

rgb(137, 133, 166)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 15.6%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 19.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.93, 8.51, -16.93)

LCH

lch(56.93, 18.95, 296.69)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0492, 290.46)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 52.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a685

Analogous

#8591a6

#8985a6

#9985a6

Triadic

#8985a6

#a68985

#85a689

Split-complementary

#8985a6

#a69985

#91a685

Tetradic

#8985a6

#a685a2

#a2a685

#85a689

Square

#8985a6

#a68591

#a2a685

#85a699

Shades

Color #8985a6 mixed toward black.

#6e6990

#585473

#423f56

#2c2a3a

#16151d

Tints

Color #8985a6 mixed toward white.

#9d99b5

#b0aec4

#c4c2d2

#d8d6e1

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8985a6 mixed toward gray.

#8b88a3

#8d8aa0

#8f8d9e

#91909b

#939398

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87879f · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#88889d · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#899997 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8985a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8985a6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8985a6 (#8985a6) is rgb(137, 133, 166) in RGB.

No, #8985a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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