#8b8aaa

Color #8b8aaa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8aaa

RGB

rgb(139, 138, 170)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 15.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 18.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(58.57, 7.21, -16.7)

LCH

lch(58.57, 18.19, 293.35)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0474, 286.41)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 54.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9aa8a

Analogous

#8a99aa

#8b8aaa

#9b8aaa

Triadic

#8b8aaa

#aa8b8a

#8aaa8b

Split-complementary

#8b8aaa

#aa9b8a

#99aa8a

Tetradic

#8b8aaa

#aa8aa9

#a9aa8a

#8aaa8b

Square

#8b8aaa

#aa8a99

#a9aa8a

#8aaa9b

Shades

Color #8b8aaa mixed toward black.

#6e6c94

#575677

#424159

#2c2b3b

#16161e

Tints

Color #8b8aaa mixed toward white.

#9e9eb8

#b2b1c6

#c5c5d4

#d8d8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8b8aaa mixed toward gray.

#8e8da7

#908fa5

#9392a2

#95959f

#98979d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba3 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8ba1 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#8b9d9c · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 13.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8aaa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8aaa (#8b8aaa) is rgb(139, 138, 170) in RGB.

No, #8b8aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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