#8c8bb3

Color #8c8bb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.27 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8bb3

RGB

rgb(140, 139, 179)

HSL

hsl(241.5, 20.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.5, 22.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(59.25, 9.08, -20.79)

LCH

lch(59.25, 22.69, 293.59)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0592, 285.77)

HWB

hwb(241.5, 54.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b38b

Analogous

#8b9eb3

#8c8bb3

#a08bb3

Triadic

#8c8bb3

#b38c8b

#8bb38c

Split-complementary

#8c8bb3

#b3a08b

#9eb38b

Tetradic

#8c8bb3

#b38bb2

#b2b38b

#8bb38c

Square

#8c8bb3

#b38b9e

#b2b38b

#8bb3a0

Shades

Color #8c8bb3 mixed toward black.

#6c6b9e

#555480

#403f60

#2b2a40

#151520

Tints

Color #8c8bb3 mixed toward white.

#9f9ec0

#b2b2cc

#c6c5d9

#d9d8e6

#ececf2

Tones

Color #8c8bb3 mixed toward gray.

#8f8fb0

#9292ac

#9695a9

#9998a6

#9c9ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8caa · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8ca8 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8ca3a2 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8bb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8bb3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c8bb3 (#8c8bb3) is rgb(140, 139, 179) in RGB.

No, #8c8bb3 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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