#8a8f9e

Color #8a8f9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.64 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8f9e

RGB

rgb(138, 143, 158)

HSL

hsl(225, 9.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 12.7%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(59.45, 1.32, -8.54)

LCH

lch(59.45, 8.64, 278.79)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.023, 271)

HWB

hwb(225, 54.1%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e998a

Analogous

#8a999e

#8a8f9e

#8f8a9e

Triadic

#8a8f9e

#9e8a8f

#8f9e8a

Split-complementary

#8a8f9e

#9e8f8a

#999e8a

Tetradic

#8a8f9e

#998a9e

#9e998a

#8f9e8a

Square

#8a8f9e

#9e8a99

#9e998a

#8a9e8f

Shades

Color #8a8f9e mixed toward black.

#707687

#595e6c

#434751

#2d2f36

#16181b

Tints

Color #8a8f9e mixed toward white.

#9da2ae

#b1b4be

#c4c7ce

#d8dadf

#ebecef

Tones

Color #8a8f9e mixed toward gray.

#8c909c

#8d919b

#8f9199

#919297

#929396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9b · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#8c8c9a · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8a9897 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 7.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8f9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8f9e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a8f9e (#8a8f9e) is rgb(138, 143, 158) in RGB.

No, #8a8f9e 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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