#8b84a3

Color #8b84a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b84a3

RGB

rgb(139, 132, 163)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 14.4%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 19%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 19%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(56.72, 9.07, -15.5)

LCH

lch(56.72, 17.96, 300.33)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0466, 295.41)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 51.8%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca384

Analogous

#848ca3

#8b84a3

#9a84a3

Triadic

#8b84a3

#a38b84

#84a38b

Split-complementary

#8b84a3

#a39a84

#8ca384

Tetradic

#8b84a3

#a3849c

#9ca384

#84a38b

Square

#8b84a3

#a3848c

#9ca384

#84a39a

Shades

Color #8b84a3 mixed toward black.

#71698d

#5a5470

#443f54

#2d2a38

#17151c

Tints

Color #8b84a3 mixed toward white.

#9e98b2

#b2adc2

#c5c1d1

#d8d6e0

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8b84a3 mixed toward gray.

#8c86a0

#8e899e

#8f8c9b

#918e99

#929196

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88889c · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#88899b · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8b9795 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b84a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b84a3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b84a3 (#8b84a3) is rgb(139, 132, 163) in RGB.

No, #8b84a3 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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