#8b8a95

Color #8b8a95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8a95

RGB

rgb(139, 138, 149)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 4.9%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 7.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.88, 2.59, -5.71)

LCH

lch(57.88, 6.27, 294.4)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0163, 290.1)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 54.1%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94958a

Analogous

#8a8f95

#8b8a95

#918a95

Triadic

#8b8a95

#958b8a

#8a958b

Split-complementary

#8b8a95

#95918a

#8f958a

Tetradic

#8b8a95

#958a94

#94958a

#8a958b

Square

#8b8a95

#958a8f

#94958a

#8a9591

Shades

Color #8b8a95 mixed toward black.

#73727d

#5c5b64

#45444b

#2e2e32

#171719

Tints

Color #8b8a95 mixed toward white.

#9e9ea7

#b2b1b8

#c5c5ca

#d8d8dc

#ececed

Tones

Color #8b8a95 mixed toward gray.

#8c8b94

#8d8c93

#8d8d92

#8e8e91

#8f8f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b92 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#8b8b92 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#8b9090 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8a95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8a95]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b8a95 (#8b8a95) is rgb(139, 138, 149) in RGB.

No, #8b8a95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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