#8c87a8

Color #8c87a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c87a8

RGB

rgb(140, 135, 168)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 15.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 19.6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(57.78, 8.81, -16.75)

LCH

lch(57.78, 18.93, 297.74)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0491, 291.87)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 52.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a887

Analogous

#8792a8

#8c87a8

#9c87a8

Triadic

#8c87a8

#a88c87

#87a88c

Split-complementary

#8c87a8

#a89c87

#92a887

Tetradic

#8c87a8

#a887a3

#a3a887

#87a88c

Square

#8c87a8

#a88792

#a3a887

#87a89c

Shades

Color #8c87a8 mixed toward black.

#706a92

#5a5575

#434058

#2d2a3b

#16151d

Tints

Color #8c87a8 mixed toward white.

#9f9bb6

#b2afc5

#c6c3d3

#d9d7e2

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8c87a8 mixed toward gray.

#8e8aa5

#908ca2

#928fa0

#94929d

#96959a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa1 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8a8b9f · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8c9b99 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 14.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c87a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c87a8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c87a8 (#8c87a8) is rgb(140, 135, 168) in RGB.

No, #8c87a8 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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