#8c92a8

Color #8c92a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.89 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c92a8

RGB

rgb(140, 146, 168)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.75, 2.52, -12.27)

LCH

lch(60.75, 12.53, 281.61)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0334, 273.44)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a28c

Analogous

#8ca0a8

#8c92a8

#948ca8

Triadic

#8c92a8

#a88c92

#92a88c

Split-complementary

#8c92a8

#a8948c

#a0a88c

Tetradic

#8c92a8

#a28ca8

#a8a28c

#92a88c

Square

#8c92a8

#a88ca0

#a8a28c

#8ca894

Shades

Color #8c92a8 mixed toward black.

#6f7692

#585f75

#424758

#2c2f3a

#16181d

Tints

Color #8c92a8 mixed toward white.

#9fa4b7

#b2b6c5

#c5c9d4

#d9dbe2

#ecedf1

Tones

Color #8c92a8 mixed toward gray.

#8e93a6

#9195a3

#9396a1

#95979f

#98999c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa3 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea2 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#8c9f9e · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c92a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c92a8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8c92a8 (#8c92a8) is rgb(140, 146, 168) in RGB.

No, #8c92a8 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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