#8b8598

Color #8b8598

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8598

RGB

rgb(139, 133, 152)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 8.4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 12.5%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(56.62, 6.08, -9.32)

LCH

lch(56.62, 11.13, 303.12)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.029, 300.01)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 52.2%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#929885

Analogous

#858998

#8b8598

#948598

Triadic

#8b8598

#988b85

#85988b

Split-complementary

#8b8598

#989485

#899885

Tetradic

#8b8598

#988592

#929885

#85988b

Square

#8b8598

#988589

#929885

#859894

Shades

Color #8b8598 mixed toward black.

#736d81

#5c5767

#45414d

#2e2c34

#17161a

Tints

Color #8b8598 mixed toward white.

#9e99a9

#b2aeba

#c5c2cb

#d8d6dd

#ecebee

Tones

Color #8b8598 mixed toward gray.

#8c8796

#8c8895

#8d8a93

#8d8b92

#8e8d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888894 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#898993 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8b908f · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8598;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8598]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b8598 (#8b8598) is rgb(139, 133, 152) in RGB.

No, #8b8598 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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