#8b89a1

Color #8b89a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b89a1

RGB

rgb(139, 137, 161)

HSL

hsl(245, 11.3%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 14.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(57.99, 5.74, -12.43)

LCH

lch(57.99, 13.69, 294.79)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0357, 289.15)

HWB

hwb(245, 53.7%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa189

Analogous

#8993a1

#8b89a1

#9789a1

Triadic

#8b89a1

#a18b89

#89a18b

Split-complementary

#8b89a1

#a19789

#93a189

Tetradic

#8b89a1

#a1899f

#9fa189

#89a18b

Square

#8b89a1

#a18993

#9fa189

#89a197

Shades

Color #8b89a1 mixed toward black.

#706e8a

#5a586e

#434253

#2d2c37

#16161c

Tints

Color #8b89a1 mixed toward white.

#9e9db1

#b2b0c0

#c5c4d0

#d8d8e0

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8b89a1 mixed toward gray.

#8d8b9f

#8e8d9d

#908f9b

#929199

#939397

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9c · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9a · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#8b9796 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b89a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b89a1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b89a1 (#8b89a1) is rgb(139, 137, 161) in RGB.

No, #8b89a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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