#8c88aa

Color #8c88aa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c88aa

RGB

rgb(140, 136, 170)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 16.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 20%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(58.12, 8.69, -17.38)

LCH

lch(58.12, 19.43, 296.57)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0505, 290.26)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 53.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6aa88

Analogous

#8895aa

#8c88aa

#9d88aa

Triadic

#8c88aa

#aa8c88

#88aa8c

Split-complementary

#8c88aa

#aa9d88

#95aa88

Tetradic

#8c88aa

#aa88a6

#a6aa88

#88aa8c

Square

#8c88aa

#aa8895

#a6aa88

#88aa9d

Shades

Color #8c88aa mixed toward black.

#6f6a95

#595577

#434059

#2c2a3c

#16151e

Tints

Color #8c88aa mixed toward white.

#9f9cb8

#b2b0c6

#c5c3d5

#d9d7e3

#ecebf1

Tones

Color #8c88aa mixed toward gray.

#8e8ba7

#908ea4

#9290a2

#95939f

#97969c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa3 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8ba1 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#8c9c9b · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c88aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c88aa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c88aa (#8c88aa) is rgb(140, 136, 170) in RGB.

No, #8c88aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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