#8a8ac6

Color #8a8ac6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8ac6

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 198)

HSL

hsl(240, 34.5%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 30.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(59.58, 13.76, -31.06)

LCH

lch(59.58, 33.97, 293.89)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0887, 283.69)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c68a

Analogous

#8aa8c6

#8a8ac6

#a88ac6

Triadic

#8a8ac6

#c68a8a

#8ac68a

Split-complementary

#8a8ac6

#c6a88a

#a8c68a

Tetradic

#8a8ac6

#c68ac6

#c6c68a

#8ac68a

Square

#8a8ac6

#c68aa8

#c6c68a

#8ac6a8

Shades

Color #8a8ac6 mixed toward black.

#6464b4

#494997

#373771

#25254b

#121226

Tints

Color #8a8ac6 mixed toward white.

#9e9ed0

#b1b1d9

#c5c5e3

#d8d8ec

#ececf6

Tones

Color #8a8ac6 mixed toward gray.

#8f8fc1

#9494bc

#9999b7

#9e9eb2

#a3a3ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aba · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8ab7 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#8aafad · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8ac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8ac6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8ac6 (#8a8ac6) is rgb(138, 138, 198) in RGB.

No, #8a8ac6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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