#8a9097

Color #8a9097

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.45 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9097

RGB

rgb(138, 144, 151)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 5.9%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 8.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(59.51, -0.74, -4.46)

LCH

lch(59.51, 4.52, 260.58)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0125, 252.29)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 54.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97918a

Analogous

#8a9797

#8a9097

#8b8a97

Triadic

#8a9097

#978a90

#90978a

Split-complementary

#8a9097

#978b8a

#97978a

Tetradic

#8a9097

#918a97

#97918a

#90978a

Square

#8a9097

#978a97

#97918a

#8a978b

Shades

Color #8a9097 mixed toward black.

#717880

#5b6066

#44484d

#2d3033

#17181a

Tints

Color #8a9097 mixed toward white.

#9ea3a8

#b1b5ba

#c5c8cb

#d8dadc

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8a9097 mixed toward gray.

#8b9096

#8c9095

#8d9094

#8e9093

#8f9192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d95 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8c8c95 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8a9494 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9097;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9097]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a9097 (#8a9097) is rgb(138, 144, 151) in RGB.

No, #8a9097 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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