#8c94be

Color #8c94be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c94be

RGB

rgb(140, 148, 190)

HSL

hsl(230.4, 27.8%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.4, 26.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(62.06, 6.59, -22.71)

LCH

lch(62.06, 23.65, 286.18)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0629, 276.21)

HWB

hwb(230.4, 54.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb68c

Analogous

#8cadbe

#8c94be

#9d8cbe

Triadic

#8c94be

#be8c94

#94be8c

Split-complementary

#8c94be

#be9d8c

#adbe8c

Tetradic

#8c94be

#b68cbe

#beb68c

#94be8c

Square

#8c94be

#be8cad

#beb68c

#8cbe9d

Shades

Color #8c94be mixed toward black.

#6973aa

#4f598d

#3c4369

#282d46

#141623

Tints

Color #8c94be mixed toward white.

#9fa6c9

#b2b8d4

#c5c9df

#d9dbe9

#ecedf4

Tones

Color #8c94be mixed toward gray.

#9097ba

#949ab6

#989cb1

#9d9fad

#a1a2a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b5 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8f8eb3 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8cadac · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c94be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c94be]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c94be (#8c94be) is rgb(140, 148, 190) in RGB.

No, #8c94be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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