#8a8a95

Color #8a8a95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a95

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 149)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.9%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.8, 2.23, -5.84)

LCH

lch(57.8, 6.25, 290.9)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0163, 285.99)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95958a

Analogous

#8a9095

#8a8a95

#908a95

Triadic

#8a8a95

#958a8a

#8a958a

Split-complementary

#8a8a95

#95908a

#90958a

Tetradic

#8a8a95

#958a95

#95958a

#8a958a

Square

#8a8a95

#958a90

#95958a

#8a9590

Shades

Color #8a8a95 mixed toward black.

#72727d

#5b5b64

#44444b

#2e2e32

#171719

Tints

Color #8a8a95 mixed toward white.

#9e9ea7

#b1b1b8

#c5c5ca

#d8d8dc

#ececed

Tones

Color #8a8a95 mixed toward gray.

#8b8b94

#8c8c93

#8d8d92

#8e8e91

#8f8f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a92 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#8a8a92 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#8a9090 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a95]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a95 (#8a8a95) is rgb(138, 138, 149) in RGB.

No, #8a8a95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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