#8c9fb3

Color #8c9fb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.86 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9fb3

RGB

rgb(140, 159, 179)

HSL

hsl(210.8, 20.4%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.8, 21.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(64.66, -2.23, -12.58)

LCH

lch(64.66, 12.78, 259.95)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0365, 249.63)

HWB

hwb(210.8, 54.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a08c

Analogous

#8cb2b3

#8c9fb3

#8c8cb3

Triadic

#8c9fb3

#b38c9f

#9fb38c

Split-complementary

#8c9fb3

#b38c8c

#b2b38c

Tetradic

#8c9fb3

#a08cb3

#b3a08c

#9fb38c

Square

#8c9fb3

#b38cb2

#b3a08c

#8cb38c

Shades

Color #8c9fb3 mixed toward black.

#6c849e

#556a80

#3f4f60

#2a3540

#151a20

Tints

Color #8c9fb3 mixed toward white.

#9fafc0

#b2bfcc

#c5cfd9

#d9dfe6

#eceff2

Tones

Color #8c9fb3 mixed toward gray.

#8f9fb0

#929fac

#969fa9

#999fa6

#9c9fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ae · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#9392ad · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#8dabaa · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9fb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9fb3]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8c9fb3 (#8c9fb3) is rgb(140, 159, 179) in RGB.

No, #8c9fb3 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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