#8a9fab

Color #8a9fab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9fab

RGB

rgb(138, 159, 171)

HSL

hsl(201.8, 16.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.8, 19.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.27, -4.71, -8.7)

LCH

lch(64.27, 9.89, 241.57)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0296, 232.98)

HWB

hwb(201.8, 54.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab968a

Analogous

#8aaba7

#8a9fab

#8a8fab

Triadic

#8a9fab

#ab8a9f

#9fab8a

Split-complementary

#8a9fab

#ab8a8f

#aba78a

Tetradic

#8a9fab

#968aab

#ab968a

#9fab8a

Square

#8a9fab

#a78aab

#ab968a

#8fab8a

Shades

Color #8a9fab mixed toward black.

#6c8695

#566c78

#41515a

#2b363c

#161b1e

Tints

Color #8a9fab mixed toward white.

#9eafb9

#b1bfc7

#c5cfd5

#d8dfe3

#eceff1

Tones

Color #8a9fab mixed toward gray.

#8d9ea8

#909ea6

#929da3

#959ca0

#989b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a8 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#9291a8 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#8ba6a5 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9fab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9fab]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a9fab (#8a9fab) is rgb(138, 159, 171) in RGB.

No, #8a9fab 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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