#8a81a6

Color #8a81a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a81a6

RGB

rgb(138, 129, 166)

HSL

hsl(254.6, 17.2%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.6, 22.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(55.94, 11.16, -18.41)

LCH

lch(55.94, 21.53, 301.22)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0559, 295.88)

HWB

hwb(254.6, 50.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da681

Analogous

#818aa6

#8a81a6

#9c81a6

Triadic

#8a81a6

#a68a81

#81a68a

Split-complementary

#8a81a6

#a69c81

#8aa681

Tetradic

#8a81a6

#a6819d

#9da681

#81a68a

Square

#8a81a6

#a6818a

#9da681

#81a69c

Shades

Color #8a81a6 mixed toward black.

#706690

#5a5173

#433d56

#2d293a

#16141d

Tints

Color #8a81a6 mixed toward white.

#9d96b5

#b1abc4

#c4c0d2

#d8d5e1

#ebeaf0

Tones

Color #8a81a6 mixed toward gray.

#8b84a3

#8d87a0

#8f8a9d

#908d9a

#929096

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869e · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#87879c · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#8a9796 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a81a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a81a6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a81a6 (#8a81a6) is rgb(138, 129, 166) in RGB.

No, #8a81a6 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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