#8b839c

Color #8b839c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b839c

RGB

rgb(139, 131, 156)

HSL

hsl(259.2, 11.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.2, 16%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 16%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(56.21, 8.1, -12.24)

LCH

lch(56.21, 14.68, 303.5)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0382, 299.86)

HWB

hwb(259.2, 51.4%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949c83

Analogous

#83889c

#8b839c

#98839c

Triadic

#8b839c

#9c8b83

#839c8b

Split-complementary

#8b839c

#9c9883

#889c83

Tetradic

#8b839c

#9c8394

#949c83

#839c8b

Square

#8b839c

#9c8388

#949c83

#839c98

Shades

Color #8b839c mixed toward black.

#736a85

#5c556a

#454050

#2e2a35

#17151b

Tints

Color #8b839c mixed toward white.

#9e98ad

#b2acbd

#c5c1ce

#d8d6de

#eceaef

Tones

Color #8b839c mixed toward gray.

#8c859a

#8d8798

#8d8996

#8e8b94

#8f8d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888896 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#888995 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#8b9291 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b839c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b839c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Rebecca Purple #663399

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b839c (#8b839c) is rgb(139, 131, 156) in RGB.

No, #8b839c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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