#8b93ab

Color #8b93ab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.27 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b93ab

RGB

rgb(139, 147, 171)

HSL

hsl(225, 16%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 18.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 14%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(61.04, 2.31, -13.54)

LCH

lch(61.04, 13.74, 279.68)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0368, 270.78)

HWB

hwb(225, 54.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba38b

Analogous

#8ba3ab

#8b93ab

#938bab

Triadic

#8b93ab

#ab8b93

#93ab8b

Split-complementary

#8b93ab

#ab938b

#a3ab8b

Tetradic

#8b93ab

#a38bab

#aba38b

#93ab8b

Square

#8b93ab

#ab8ba3

#aba38b

#8bab93

Shades

Color #8b93ab mixed toward black.

#6d7795

#575f78

#41475a

#2b303c

#16181e

Tints

Color #8b93ab mixed toward white.

#9ea5b9

#b2b7c7

#c5c9d5

#d8dbe3

#ecedf1

Tones

Color #8b93ab mixed toward gray.

#8e94a8

#9096a6

#9397a3

#9698a0

#989a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa6 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8e8da4 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#8ba1a0 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b93ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b93ab]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

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Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b93ab (#8b93ab) is rgb(139, 147, 171) in RGB.

No, #8b93ab 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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