#8c98d1

Color #8c98d1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.51 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c98d1

RGB

rgb(140, 152, 209)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 42.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 33%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 27.3%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(63.86, 9.12, -30.57)

LCH

lch(63.86, 31.9, 286.61)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0851, 274.79)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 54.9%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1c58c

Analogous

#8cbad1

#8c98d1

#a28cd1

Triadic

#8c98d1

#d18c98

#98d18c

Split-complementary

#8c98d1

#d1a28c

#bad18c

Tetradic

#8c98d1

#c58cd1

#d1c58c

#98d18c

Square

#8c98d1

#d18cba

#d1c58c

#8cd1a2

Shades

Color #8c98d1 mixed toward black.

#6273c0

#4254a6

#323f7d

#212a53

#11152a

Tints

Color #8c98d1 mixed toward white.

#9fa9d9

#b2bae0

#c5cbe8

#d9ddf0

#eceef7

Tones

Color #8c98d1 mixed toward gray.

#929ccb

#979fc5

#9da3c0

#a3a7ba

#a9abb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191c5 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#9190c2 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#8dbbb9 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c98d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c98d1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c98d1 (#8c98d1) is rgb(140, 152, 209) in RGB.

No, #8c98d1 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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