#8a8b94

Color #8a8b94

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.79 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8b94

RGB

rgb(138, 139, 148)

HSL

hsl(234, 4.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234, 6.8%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(58.04, 1.46, -4.91)

LCH

lch(58.04, 5.12, 286.56)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0133, 280.8)

HWB

hwb(234, 54.1%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94938a

Analogous

#8a9094

#8a8b94

#8e8a94

Triadic

#8a8b94

#948a8b

#8b948a

Split-complementary

#8a8b94

#948e8a

#90948a

Tetradic

#8a8b94

#938a94

#94938a

#8b948a

Square

#8a8b94

#948a90

#94938a

#8a948e

Shades

Color #8a8b94 mixed toward black.

#72737d

#5b5c64

#44454b

#2e2e32

#171719

Tints

Color #8a8b94 mixed toward white.

#9e9ea6

#b1b2b8

#c5c5ca

#d8d8db

#ececed

Tones

Color #8a8b94 mixed toward gray.

#8b8c93

#8c8c92

#8d8d92

#8d8e91

#8e8e90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a92 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8a91 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#8a9090 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8b94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8b94]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8b94 (#8a8b94) is rgb(138, 139, 148) in RGB.

No, #8a8b94 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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