#8b8bab

Color #8b8bab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8bab

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 171)

HSL

hsl(240, 16%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(58.88, 6.87, -16.81)

LCH

lch(58.88, 18.16, 292.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0474, 285.03)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abab8b

Analogous

#8b9bab

#8b8bab

#9b8bab

Triadic

#8b8bab

#ab8b8b

#8bab8b

Split-complementary

#8b8bab

#ab9b8b

#9bab8b

Tetradic

#8b8bab

#ab8bab

#abab8b

#8bab8b

Square

#8b8bab

#ab8b9b

#abab8b

#8bab9b

Shades

Color #8b8bab mixed toward black.

#6d6d95

#575778

#41415a

#2b2b3c

#16161e

Tints

Color #8b8bab mixed toward white.

#9e9eb9

#b2b2c7

#c5c5d5

#d8d8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8b8bab mixed toward gray.

#8e8ea8

#9090a6

#9393a3

#9696a0

#98989e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba4 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8ba2 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#8b9e9d · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8bab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8bab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8bab (#8b8bab) is rgb(139, 139, 171) in RGB.

No, #8b8bab 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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