#8a87a7

Color #8a87a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.62 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a87a7

RGB

rgb(138, 135, 167)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 15.4%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 19.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(57.58, 7.91, -16.5)

LCH

lch(57.58, 18.3, 295.61)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0477, 289.23)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 52.9%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a787

Analogous

#8794a7

#8a87a7

#9a87a7

Triadic

#8a87a7

#a78a87

#87a78a

Split-complementary

#8a87a7

#a79a87

#94a787

Tetradic

#8a87a7

#a787a4

#a4a787

#87a78a

Square

#8a87a7

#a78794

#a4a787

#87a79a

Shades

Color #8a87a7 mixed toward black.

#6e6a91

#585574

#424057

#2c2b3a

#16151d

Tints

Color #8a87a7 mixed toward white.

#9d9bb6

#b1afc4

#c4c3d3

#d8d7e2

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8a87a7 mixed toward gray.

#8c8aa4

#8e8ca2

#908f9f

#93929c

#95949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a0 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#89899e · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#8a9a99 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a87a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a87a7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a87a7 (#8a87a7) is rgb(138, 135, 167) in RGB.

No, #8a87a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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