#8a8c9c

Color #8a8c9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8c9c

RGB

rgb(138, 140, 156)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.56, 2.59, -8.72)

LCH

lch(58.56, 9.1, 286.54)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0239, 280.13)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9a8a

Analogous

#8a959c

#8a8c9c

#918a9c

Triadic

#8a8c9c

#9c8a8c

#8c9c8a

Split-complementary

#8a8c9c

#9c918a

#959c8a

Tetradic

#8a8c9c

#9a8a9c

#9c9a8a

#8c9c8a

Square

#8a8c9c

#9c8a95

#9c9a8a

#8a9c91

Shades

Color #8a8c9c mixed toward black.

#707385

#5a5c6a

#434550

#2d2e35

#16171b

Tints

Color #8a8c9c mixed toward white.

#9d9fac

#b1b2bd

#c4c5cd

#d8d9de

#ebecee

Tones

Color #8a8c9c mixed toward gray.

#8b8d9a

#8d8e99

#8e8f97

#909196

#919294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b98 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8b97 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#8a9595 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8c9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8c9c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8c9c (#8a8c9c) is rgb(138, 140, 156) in RGB.

No, #8a8c9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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