#8a8ac8

Color #8a8ac8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.09 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8ac8

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 200)

HSL

hsl(240, 36%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 31%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(59.66, 14.27, -32.05)

LCH

lch(59.66, 35.08, 294)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0917, 283.57)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c88a

Analogous

#8aa9c8

#8a8ac8

#a98ac8

Triadic

#8a8ac8

#c88a8a

#8ac88a

Split-complementary

#8a8ac8

#c8a98a

#a9c88a

Tetradic

#8a8ac8

#c88ac8

#c8c88a

#8ac88a

Square

#8a8ac8

#c88aa9

#c8c88a

#8ac8a9

Shades

Color #8a8ac8 mixed toward black.

#6464b6

#484899

#363673

#24244d

#121226

Tints

Color #8a8ac8 mixed toward white.

#9e9ed1

#b1b1da

#c5c5e4

#d8d8ed

#ececf6

Tones

Color #8a8ac8 mixed toward gray.

#8f8fc3

#9494be

#9a9ab9

#9f9fb3

#a4a4ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8abb · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8a8ab8 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#8ab1ae · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8ac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8ac8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8ac8 (#8a8ac8) is rgb(138, 138, 200) in RGB.

No, #8a8ac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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