#8986a6

Color #8986a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8986a6

RGB

rgb(137, 134, 166)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 15.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 19.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(57.19, 7.93, -16.52)

LCH

lch(57.19, 18.32, 295.64)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0477, 289.23)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 52.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a686

Analogous

#8693a6

#8986a6

#9986a6

Triadic

#8986a6

#a68986

#86a689

Split-complementary

#8986a6

#a69986

#93a686

Tetradic

#8986a6

#a686a3

#a3a686

#86a689

Square

#8986a6

#a68693

#a3a686

#86a699

Shades

Color #8986a6 mixed toward black.

#6e6a90

#585573

#424056

#2c2a3a

#16151d

Tints

Color #8986a6 mixed toward white.

#9d9ab5

#b0aec4

#c4c2d2

#d8d7e1

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8986a6 mixed toward gray.

#8b89a3

#8d8ba1

#8f8e9e

#92919b

#949399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88889f · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#88889d · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#899998 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8986a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8986a6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8986a6 (#8986a6) is rgb(137, 134, 166) in RGB.

No, #8986a6 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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