#8989ab

Color #8989ab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8989ab

RGB

rgb(137, 137, 171)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(58.18, 7.36, -17.88)

LCH

lch(58.18, 19.34, 292.37)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0506, 284.89)

HWB

hwb(240, 53.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abab89

Analogous

#899aab

#8989ab

#9a89ab

Triadic

#8989ab

#ab8989

#89ab89

Split-complementary

#8989ab

#ab9a89

#9aab89

Tetradic

#8989ab

#ab89ab

#abab89

#89ab89

Square

#8989ab

#ab899a

#abab89

#89ab9a

Shades

Color #8989ab mixed toward black.

#6b6b96

#555578

#40405a

#2b2b3c

#15151e

Tints

Color #8989ab mixed toward white.

#9d9db9

#b0b0c7

#c4c4d5

#d8d8e3

#ebebf1

Tones

Color #8989ab mixed toward gray.

#8c8ca8

#8f8fa5

#9292a3

#9494a0

#97979d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a4 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8989a2 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#899d9c · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 14.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8989ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8989ab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8989ab (#8989ab) is rgb(137, 137, 171) in RGB.

No, #8989ab 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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