#8b97aa

Color #8b97aa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b97aa

RGB

rgb(139, 151, 170)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 15.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 18.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.1, -0.17, -11.37)

LCH

lch(62.1, 11.37, 269.14)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0313, 259.52)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 54.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9e8b

Analogous

#8ba6aa

#8b97aa

#8f8baa

Triadic

#8b97aa

#aa8b97

#97aa8b

Split-complementary

#8b97aa

#aa8f8b

#a6aa8b

Tetradic

#8b97aa

#9e8baa

#aa9e8b

#97aa8b

Square

#8b97aa

#aa8ba6

#aa9e8b

#8baa8f

Shades

Color #8b97aa mixed toward black.

#6d7c94

#576377

#414b59

#2c323b

#16191e

Tints

Color #8b97aa mixed toward white.

#9ea8b8

#b2bac6

#c5cbd5

#d8dce3

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8b97aa mixed toward gray.

#8e98a7

#9098a5

#9399a2

#9599a0

#989a9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a6 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#908fa5 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#8ca2a1 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b97aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b97aa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8b97aa (#8b97aa) is rgb(139, 151, 170) in RGB.

No, #8b97aa 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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