#8d88a1

Color #8d88a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8d88a1

RGB

rgb(141, 136, 161)

HSL

hsl(252, 11.7%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 15.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(57.89, 7, -12.57)

LCH

lch(57.89, 14.39, 299.11)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0374, 294.51)

HWB

hwb(252, 53.3%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca188

Analogous

#888fa1

#8d88a1

#9988a1

Triadic

#8d88a1

#a18d88

#88a18d

Split-complementary

#8d88a1

#a19988

#8fa188

Tetradic

#8d88a1

#a1889c

#9ca188

#88a18d

Square

#8d88a1

#a1888f

#9ca188

#88a199

Shades

Color #8d88a1 mixed toward black.

#736d8a

#5c576f

#454253

#2e2c37

#17161c

Tints

Color #8d88a1 mixed toward white.

#a09cb1

#b3b0c0

#c6c3d0

#d9d7e0

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8d88a1 mixed toward gray.

#8e8a9f

#8f8c9d

#918e9b

#929099

#939296

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9b · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8c9a · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#8d9796 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d88a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d88a1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d88a1 (#8d88a1) is rgb(141, 136, 161) in RGB.

No, #8d88a1 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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