#8994ba

Color #8994ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8994ba

RGB

rgb(137, 148, 186)

HSL

hsl(226.5, 26.2%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.5, 26.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(61.69, 4.67, -21.04)

LCH

lch(61.69, 21.55, 282.51)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0578, 272.18)

HWB

hwb(226.5, 53.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baaf89

Analogous

#89acba

#8994ba

#9689ba

Triadic

#8994ba

#ba8994

#94ba89

Split-complementary

#8994ba

#ba9689

#acba89

Tetradic

#8994ba

#af89ba

#baaf89

#94ba89

Square

#8994ba

#ba89ac

#baaf89

#89ba96

Shades

Color #8994ba mixed toward black.

#6775a6

#4f5c88

#3c4566

#282e44

#141722

Tints

Color #8994ba mixed toward white.

#9da6c5

#b0b8d1

#c4c9dc

#d8dbe8

#ebedf3

Tones

Color #8994ba mixed toward gray.

#8d96b6

#9198b2

#959bae

#999daa

#9d9fa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb2 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8cb0 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#8aaba9 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8994ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8994ba]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8994ba (#8994ba) is rgb(137, 148, 186) in RGB.

No, #8994ba 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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