#8a8a97

Color #8a8a97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a97

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 151)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.9%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(57.86, 2.65, -6.9)

LCH

lch(57.86, 7.39, 291.01)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0192, 285.99)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97978a

Analogous

#8a9197

#8a8a97

#918a97

Triadic

#8a8a97

#978a8a

#8a978a

Split-complementary

#8a8a97

#97918a

#91978a

Tetradic

#8a8a97

#978a97

#97978a

#8a978a

Square

#8a8a97

#978a91

#97978a

#8a9791

Shades

Color #8a8a97 mixed toward black.

#717180

#5b5b66

#44444d

#2d2d33

#17171a

Tints

Color #8a8a97 mixed toward white.

#9e9ea8

#b1b1ba

#c5c5cb

#d8d8dc

#ececee

Tones

Color #8a8a97 mixed toward gray.

#8b8b96

#8c8c95

#8d8d94

#8e8e93

#8f8f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a94 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8a93 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#8a9291 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a97]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a97 (#8a8a97) is rgb(138, 138, 151) in RGB.

No, #8a8a97 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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