#8994a4

Color #8994a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8994a4

RGB

rgb(137, 148, 164)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 12.9%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 16.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(60.94, -0.51, -9.74)

LCH

lch(60.94, 9.75, 267)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0269, 257.56)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 53.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49989

Analogous

#89a1a4

#8994a4

#8b89a4

Triadic

#8994a4

#a48994

#94a489

Split-complementary

#8994a4

#a48b89

#a1a489

Tetradic

#8994a4

#9989a4

#a49989

#94a489

Square

#8994a4

#a489a1

#a49989

#89a48b

Shades

Color #8994a4 mixed toward black.

#6d7a8e

#576271

#424955

#2c3139

#16181c

Tints

Color #8994a4 mixed toward white.

#9da6b3

#b0b8c2

#c4c9d1

#d8dbe1

#ebedf0

Tones

Color #8994a4 mixed toward gray.

#8b94a2

#8d959f

#90959d

#92969b

#949699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea0 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8c9f · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#8a9d9d · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8994a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8994a4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8994a4 (#8994a4) is rgb(137, 148, 164) in RGB.

No, #8994a4 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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