#8ca2b3

Color #8ca2b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca2b3

RGB

rgb(140, 162, 179)

HSL

hsl(206.2, 20.4%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.2, 21.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(65.49, -3.89, -11.34)

LCH

lch(65.49, 11.99, 251.07)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0351, 241.25)

HWB

hwb(206.2, 54.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b39d8c

Analogous

#8cb3b0

#8ca2b3

#8c8eb3

Triadic

#8ca2b3

#b38ca2

#a2b38c

Split-complementary

#8ca2b3

#b38c8e

#b3b08c

Tetradic

#8ca2b3

#9d8cb3

#b39d8c

#a2b38c

Square

#8ca2b3

#b08cb3

#b39d8c

#8eb38c

Shades

Color #8ca2b3 mixed toward black.

#6c889e

#556d80

#3f5260

#2a3640

#151b20

Tints

Color #8ca2b3 mixed toward white.

#9fb1c0

#b2c1cc

#c5d0d9

#d9e0e6

#eceff2

Tones

Color #8ca2b3 mixed toward gray.

#8fa1b0

#92a1ac

#96a1a9

#99a0a6

#9ca0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696af · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#9593ae · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#8dacab · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca2b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca2b3]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8ca2b3 (#8ca2b3) is rgb(140, 162, 179) in RGB.

No, #8ca2b3 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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