#8a919e

Color #8a919e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a919e

RGB

rgb(138, 145, 158)

HSL

hsl(219, 9.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 12.7%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(60, 0.19, -7.72)

LCH

lch(60, 7.72, 271.41)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.021, 262.87)

HWB

hwb(219, 54.1%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e978a

Analogous

#8a9b9e

#8a919e

#8d8a9e

Triadic

#8a919e

#9e8a91

#919e8a

Split-complementary

#8a919e

#9e8d8a

#9b9e8a

Tetradic

#8a919e

#978a9e

#9e978a

#919e8a

Square

#8a919e

#9e8a9b

#9e978a

#8a9e8d

Shades

Color #8a919e mixed toward black.

#707887

#59606c

#434851

#2d3036

#16181b

Tints

Color #8a919e mixed toward white.

#9da3ae

#b1b6be

#c4c8ce

#d8dadf

#ebedef

Tones

Color #8a919e mixed toward gray.

#8c919c

#8d929b

#8f9299

#919397

#929396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9b · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8c9a · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#8a9998 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a919e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a919e]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a919e (#8a919e) is rgb(138, 145, 158) in RGB.

No, #8a919e 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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