#8a8893

Color #8a8893

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8893

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 147)

HSL

hsl(250.9, 4.8%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.9, 7.5%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(57.19, 2.95, -5.6)

LCH

lch(57.19, 6.33, 297.78)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0165, 294.39)

HWB

hwb(250.9, 53.3%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#919388

Analogous

#888c93

#8a8893

#908893

Triadic

#8a8893

#938a88

#88938a

Split-complementary

#8a8893

#939088

#8c9388

Tetradic

#8a8893

#938891

#919388

#88938a

Square

#8a8893

#93888c

#919388

#889390

Shades

Color #8a8893 mixed toward black.

#72707c

#5b5a63

#45434a

#2e2d31

#171619

Tints

Color #8a8893 mixed toward white.

#9e9ca5

#b1b0b7

#c5c4c9

#d8d7db

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8a8893 mixed toward gray.

#8b8992

#8b8a91

#8c8b90

#8c8c8f

#8d8d8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898990 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#898990 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#8a8e8e · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8893;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8893]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a8893 (#8a8893) is rgb(138, 136, 147) in RGB.

No, #8a8893 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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