#8a88bc

Color #8a88bc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.37 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a88bc

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 188)

HSL

hsl(242.3, 28%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.3, 27.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(58.64, 12.38, -26.85)

LCH

lch(58.64, 29.57, 294.75)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0771, 285.8)

HWB

hwb(242.3, 53.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#babc88

Analogous

#88a0bc

#8a88bc

#a488bc

Triadic

#8a88bc

#bc8a88

#88bc8a

Split-complementary

#8a88bc

#bca488

#a0bc88

Tetradic

#8a88bc

#bc88ba

#babc88

#88bc8a

Square

#8a88bc

#bc88a0

#babc88

#88bca4

Shades

Color #8a88bc mixed toward black.

#6865a9

#504e8a

#3c3a68

#282745

#141323

Tints

Color #8a88bc mixed toward white.

#9d9cc7

#b1b0d2

#c4c3dd

#d8d7e9

#ebebf4

Tones

Color #8a88bc mixed toward gray.

#8e8cb8

#9291b3

#9695af

#9a99ab

#9e9ea6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989b1 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8989ae · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8aa8a6 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a88bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a88bc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a88bc (#8a88bc) is rgb(138, 136, 188) in RGB.

No, #8a88bc 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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