#8ca8bf

Color #8ca8bf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca8bf

RGB

rgb(140, 168, 191)

HSL

hsl(207.1, 28.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.1, 26.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(67.53, -4.36, -14.96)

LCH

lch(67.53, 15.58, 253.75)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0457, 243.21)

HWB

hwb(207.1, 54.9%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfa38c

Analogous

#8cbfbd

#8ca8bf

#8c8ebf

Triadic

#8ca8bf

#bf8ca8

#a8bf8c

Split-complementary

#8ca8bf

#bf8c8e

#bfbd8c

Tetradic

#8ca8bf

#a38cbf

#bfa38c

#a8bf8c

Square

#8ca8bf

#bd8cbf

#bfa38c

#8ebf8c

Shades

Color #8ca8bf mixed toward black.

#698dab

#4f718e

#3b556a

#273947

#141c23

Tints

Color #8ca8bf mixed toward white.

#9fb6ca

#b2c5d4

#c5d3df

#d9e2ea

#ecf0f4

Tones

Color #8ca8bf mixed toward gray.

#90a8bb

#94a7b7

#99a7b2

#9da6ae

#a1a6aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ba · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#9795b8 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#8eb6b5 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca8bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca8bf]

Related colors

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ca8bf (#8ca8bf) is rgb(140, 168, 191) in RGB.

No, #8ca8bf 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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