#8b8dac

Color #8b8dac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8dac

RGB

rgb(139, 141, 172)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 16.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 19.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(59.45, 5.95, -16.51)

LCH

lch(59.45, 17.55, 289.82)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.046, 282.16)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 54.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acaa8b

Analogous

#8b9eac

#8b8dac

#9a8bac

Triadic

#8b8dac

#ac8b8d

#8dac8b

Split-complementary

#8b8dac

#ac9a8b

#9eac8b

Tetradic

#8b8dac

#aa8bac

#acaa8b

#8dac8b

Square

#8b8dac

#ac8b9e

#acaa8b

#8bac9a

Shades

Color #8b8dac mixed toward black.

#6d6f96

#565979

#41425b

#2b2c3c

#16161e

Tints

Color #8b8dac mixed toward white.

#9ea0ba

#b2b3c8

#c5c6d6

#d8d9e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8b8dac mixed toward gray.

#8e8fa9

#9192a7

#9394a4

#9697a1

#99999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca5 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8ca3 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#8ba09e · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8dac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8dac]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8dac (#8b8dac) is rgb(139, 141, 172) in RGB.

No, #8b8dac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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