#8b9eac

Color #8b9eac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.44 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9eac

RGB

rgb(139, 158, 172)

HSL

hsl(205.5, 16.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.5, 19.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.1, -3.61, -9.52)

LCH

lch(64.1, 10.18, 249.23)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0298, 239.83)

HWB

hwb(205.5, 54.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac998b

Analogous

#8bacaa

#8b9eac

#8b8eac

Triadic

#8b9eac

#ac8b9e

#9eac8b

Split-complementary

#8b9eac

#ac8b8e

#acaa8b

Tetradic

#8b9eac

#998bac

#ac998b

#9eac8b

Square

#8b9eac

#aa8bac

#ac998b

#8eac8b

Shades

Color #8b9eac mixed toward black.

#6d8596

#566a79

#41505b

#2b353c

#161b1e

Tints

Color #8b9eac mixed toward white.

#9eaeba

#b2bec8

#c5cfd6

#d8dfe3

#eceff1

Tones

Color #8b9eac mixed toward gray.

#8e9ea9

#919da7

#939da4

#969ca1

#999c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a9 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#9291a8 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#8ca6a6 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9eac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9eac]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8b9eac (#8b9eac) is rgb(139, 158, 172) in RGB.

No, #8b9eac 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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