#8a84a2

Color #8a84a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a84a2

RGB

rgb(138, 132, 162)

HSL

hsl(252, 13.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 18.5%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(56.6, 8.51, -15.12)

LCH

lch(56.6, 17.35, 299.37)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0451, 294.23)

HWB

hwb(252, 51.8%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca284

Analogous

#848da2

#8a84a2

#9984a2

Triadic

#8a84a2

#a28a84

#84a28a

Split-complementary

#8a84a2

#a29984

#8da284

Tetradic

#8a84a2

#a2849c

#9ca284

#84a28a

Square

#8a84a2

#a2848d

#9ca284

#84a299

Shades

Color #8a84a2 mixed toward black.

#70698b

#5a5470

#433f54

#2d2a38

#16151c

Tints

Color #8a84a2 mixed toward white.

#9d98b1

#b1adc1

#c4c1d0

#d8d6e0

#ebeaef

Tones

Color #8a84a2 mixed toward gray.

#8b869f

#8d899d

#8e8b9a

#908e98

#919095

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87879b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#88889a · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#8a9695 · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a84a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a84a2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a84a2 (#8a84a2) is rgb(138, 132, 162) in RGB.

No, #8a84a2 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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