#8b9cc2

Color #8b9cc2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.28 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9cc2

RGB

rgb(139, 156, 194)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 31.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 28.4%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(64.29, 2.74, -21.55)

LCH

lch(64.29, 21.72, 277.25)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0593, 266.04)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 54.5%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2b18b

Analogous

#8bb7c2

#8b9cc2

#968bc2

Triadic

#8b9cc2

#c28b9c

#9cc28b

Split-complementary

#8b9cc2

#c2968b

#b7c28b

Tetradic

#8b9cc2

#b18bc2

#c2b18b

#9cc28b

Square

#8b9cc2

#c28bb7

#c2b18b

#8bc296

Shades

Color #8b9cc2 mixed toward black.

#677daf

#4c6292

#39496d

#263149

#131824

Tints

Color #8b9cc2 mixed toward white.

#9eaccc

#b2bdd6

#c5cde1

#d8deeb

#eceef5

Tones

Color #8b9cc2 mixed toward gray.

#909ebd

#949fb9

#99a1b4

#9da3b0

#a2a5ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393ba · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#9290b8 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#8cb3b1 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9cc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9cc2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b9cc2 (#8b9cc2) is rgb(139, 156, 194) in RGB.

No, #8b9cc2 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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