#8989b7

Color #8989b7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.6 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8989b7

RGB

rgb(137, 137, 183)

HSL

hsl(240, 24.2%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.1%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(58.63, 10.25, -24.04)

LCH

lch(58.63, 26.13, 293.09)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0683, 284.32)

HWB

hwb(240, 53.7%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b789

Analogous

#89a0b7

#8989b7

#a089b7

Triadic

#8989b7

#b78989

#89b789

Split-complementary

#8989b7

#b7a089

#a0b789

Tetradic

#8989b7

#b789b7

#b7b789

#89b789

Square

#8989b7

#b789a0

#b7b789

#89b7a0

Shades

Color #8989b7 mixed toward black.

#6868a3

#515184

#3d3d63

#282842

#141421

Tints

Color #8989b7 mixed toward white.

#9d9dc3

#b0b0cf

#c4c4db

#d8d8e7

#ebebf3

Tones

Color #8989b7 mixed toward gray.

#8d8db3

#9191af

#9494ab

#9898a8

#9c9ca4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989ad · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8989ab · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#89a5a3 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8989b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8989b7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8989b7 (#8989b7) is rgb(137, 137, 183) in RGB.

No, #8989b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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