#8a889e

Color #8a889e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.74 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a889e

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 158)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 10.2%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 13.9%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(57.54, 5.31, -11.4)

LCH

lch(57.54, 12.58, 294.98)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0327, 289.65)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 53.3%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9e88

Analogous

#88919e

#8a889e

#95889e

Triadic

#8a889e

#9e8a88

#889e8a

Split-complementary

#8a889e

#9e9588

#919e88

Tetradic

#8a889e

#9e889c

#9c9e88

#889e8a

Square

#8a889e

#9e8891

#9c9e88

#889e95

Shades

Color #8a889e mixed toward black.

#706e87

#5a586c

#434251

#2d2c36

#16161b

Tints

Color #8a889e mixed toward white.

#9d9cae

#b1b0be

#c4c3ce

#d8d7df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #8a889e mixed toward gray.

#8b8a9c

#8d8c9a

#8e8d98

#908f97

#919195

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

#898999 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#898998 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#8a9594 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a889e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a889e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a889e (#8a889e) is rgb(138, 136, 158) in RGB.

No, #8a889e 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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