#8a87a2

Color #8a87a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a87a2

RGB

rgb(138, 135, 162)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 12.7%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 16.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(57.4, 6.78, -13.9)

LCH

lch(57.4, 15.47, 296)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0402, 290.37)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 52.9%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa287

Analogous

#8791a2

#8a87a2

#9787a2

Triadic

#8a87a2

#a28a87

#87a28a

Split-complementary

#8a87a2

#a29787

#91a287

Tetradic

#8a87a2

#a2879f

#9fa287

#87a28a

Square

#8a87a2

#a28791

#9fa287

#87a297

Shades

Color #8a87a2 mixed toward black.

#6f6c8b

#595670

#434154

#2d2b38

#16161c

Tints

Color #8a87a2 mixed toward white.

#9d9bb1

#b1afc1

#c4c3d0

#d8d7e0

#ebebef

Tones

Color #8a87a2 mixed toward gray.

#8c89a0

#8d8b9d

#8f8e9b

#919099

#939297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89899c · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#89899b · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8a9796 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a87a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a87a2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a87a2 (#8a87a2) is rgb(138, 135, 162) in RGB.

No, #8a87a2 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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