#8b9096

Color #8b9096

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.1 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9096

RGB

rgb(139, 144, 150)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 7.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 4%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(59.56, -0.6, -3.8)

LCH

lch(59.56, 3.85, 261.03)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0107, 253.09)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 54.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96918b

Analogous

#8b9696

#8b9096

#8c8b96

Triadic

#8b9096

#968b90

#90968b

Split-complementary

#8b9096

#968c8b

#96968b

Tetradic

#8b9096

#918b96

#96918b

#90968b

Square

#8b9096

#968b96

#96918b

#8b968c

Shades

Color #8b9096 mixed toward black.

#72787f

#5c6065

#45484c

#2e3033

#171819

Tints

Color #8b9096 mixed toward white.

#9ea3a8

#b2b5b9

#c5c8cb

#d8dadc

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8b9096 mixed toward gray.

#8c9095

#8d9094

#8e9093

#8f9092

#909192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d95 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#8d8d94 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#8b9393 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9096;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9096]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b9096 (#8b9096) is rgb(139, 144, 150) in RGB.

No, #8b9096 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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