#8c8cbb

Color #8c8cbb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8cbb

RGB

rgb(140, 140, 187)

HSL

hsl(240, 25.7%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(59.82, 10.44, -24.46)

LCH

lch(59.82, 26.59, 293.11)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0696, 284.32)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbbb8c

Analogous

#8ca3bb

#8c8cbb

#a38cbb

Triadic

#8c8cbb

#bb8c8c

#8cbb8c

Split-complementary

#8c8cbb

#bba38c

#a3bb8c

Tetradic

#8c8cbb

#bb8cbb

#bbbb8c

#8cbb8c

Square

#8c8cbb

#bb8ca3

#bbbb8c

#8cbba3

Shades

Color #8c8cbb mixed toward black.

#6a6aa7

#515189

#3d3d67

#282844

#141422

Tints

Color #8c8cbb mixed toward white.

#9f9fc6

#b2b2d2

#c5c5dd

#d9d9e8

#ececf4

Tones

Color #8c8cbb mixed toward gray.

#9090b7

#9494b3

#9898af

#9c9cab

#a0a0a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cb1 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8c8caf · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8ca9a7 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8cbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8cbb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c8cbb (#8c8cbb) is rgb(140, 140, 187) in RGB.

No, #8c8cbb 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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