#8995be

Color #8995be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8995be

RGB

rgb(137, 149, 190)

HSL

hsl(226.4, 29%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.4, 27.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(62.11, 5.1, -22.65)

LCH

lch(62.11, 23.22, 282.69)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0623, 271.93)

HWB

hwb(226.4, 53.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb289

Analogous

#89afbe

#8995be

#9789be

Triadic

#8995be

#be8995

#95be89

Split-complementary

#8995be

#be9789

#afbe89

Tetradic

#8995be

#b289be

#beb289

#95be89

Square

#8995be

#be89af

#beb289

#89be97

Shades

Color #8995be mixed toward black.

#6675ab

#4d5c8d

#3a4569

#272e46

#131723

Tints

Color #8995be mixed toward white.

#9da7c9

#b0b8d4

#c4cadf

#d8dce9

#ebedf4

Tones

Color #8995be mixed toward gray.

#8d97ba

#929ab5

#969cb1

#9b9fac

#9fa1a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8e8db3 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8aaeac · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8995be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8995be]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8995be (#8995be) is rgb(137, 149, 190) in RGB.

No, #8995be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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