#8b89a4

Color #8b89a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b89a4

RGB

rgb(139, 137, 164)

HSL

hsl(244.4, 12.9%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.4, 16.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(58.09, 6.42, -13.99)

LCH

lch(58.09, 15.39, 294.65)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0401, 288.62)

HWB

hwb(244.4, 53.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a489

Analogous

#8994a4

#8b89a4

#9889a4

Triadic

#8b89a4

#a48b89

#89a48b

Split-complementary

#8b89a4

#a49889

#94a489

Tetradic

#8b89a4

#a489a2

#a2a489

#89a48b

Square

#8b89a4

#a48994

#a2a489

#89a498

Shades

Color #8b89a4 mixed toward black.

#706d8e

#595771

#434255

#2d2c39

#16161c

Tints

Color #8b89a4 mixed toward white.

#9e9db3

#b2b0c2

#c5c4d1

#d8d8e1

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8b89a4 mixed toward gray.

#8d8ba2

#8f8d9f

#91909d

#93929b

#959499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9e · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9d · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8b9998 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b89a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b89a4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b89a4 (#8b89a4) is rgb(139, 137, 164) in RGB.

No, #8b89a4 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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