#8c86a4

Color #8c86a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c86a4

RGB

rgb(140, 134, 164)

HSL

hsl(252, 14.2%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 18.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(57.37, 8.48, -15.08)

LCH

lch(57.37, 17.3, 299.35)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.045, 294.29)

HWB

hwb(252, 52.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea486

Analogous

#868fa4

#8c86a4

#9b86a4

Triadic

#8c86a4

#a48c86

#86a48c

Split-complementary

#8c86a4

#a49b86

#8fa486

Tetradic

#8c86a4

#a4869e

#9ea486

#86a48c

Square

#8c86a4

#a4868f

#9ea486

#86a49b

Shades

Color #8c86a4 mixed toward black.

#726a8e

#5b5571

#444055

#2d2b39

#17151c

Tints

Color #8c86a4 mixed toward white.

#9f9ab3

#b2aec2

#c5c2d1

#d9d7e1

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8c86a4 mixed toward gray.

#8d88a1

#8f8b9f

#908d9c

#92909a

#939297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89899d · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9c · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#8c9897 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c86a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c86a4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8c86a4 (#8c86a4) is rgb(140, 134, 164) in RGB.

No, #8c86a4 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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