#8a83a8

Color #8a83a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a83a8

RGB

rgb(138, 131, 168)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 17.5%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 22%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 22%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(56.55, 10.46, -18.64)

LCH

lch(56.55, 21.37, 299.3)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0555, 293.47)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 51.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a883

Analogous

#838ea8

#8a83a8

#9c83a8

Triadic

#8a83a8

#a88a83

#83a88a

Split-complementary

#8a83a8

#a89c83

#8ea883

Tetradic

#8a83a8

#a883a1

#a1a883

#83a88a

Square

#8a83a8

#a8838e

#a1a883

#83a89c

Shades

Color #8a83a8 mixed toward black.

#6f6792

#595275

#433e58

#2c293b

#16151d

Tints

Color #8a83a8 mixed toward white.

#9d98b6

#b1acc5

#c4c1d3

#d8d6e2

#ebeaf0

Tones

Color #8a83a8 mixed toward gray.

#8c86a5

#8e89a2

#908c9f

#928f9c

#949299

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a0 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#87889e · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8a9998 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a83a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a83a8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a83a8 (#8a83a8) is rgb(138, 131, 168) in RGB.

No, #8a83a8 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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