#8d88ab

Color #8d88ab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8d88ab

RGB

rgb(141, 136, 171)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 17.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 20.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(58.24, 9.26, -17.77)

LCH

lch(58.24, 20.04, 297.52)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0521, 291.39)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 53.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6ab88

Analogous

#8895ab

#8d88ab

#9f88ab

Triadic

#8d88ab

#ab8d88

#88ab8d

Split-complementary

#8d88ab

#ab9f88

#95ab88

Tetradic

#8d88ab

#ab88a6

#a6ab88

#88ab8d

Square

#8d88ab

#ab8895

#a6ab88

#88ab9f

Shades

Color #8d88ab mixed toward black.

#706a96

#5a5578

#43405a

#2d2a3c

#16151e

Tints

Color #8d88ab mixed toward white.

#a09cb9

#b3b0c7

#c6c4d5

#d9d7e3

#ecebf1

Tones

Color #8d88ab mixed toward gray.

#8f8ba8

#918ea5

#9391a2

#95949f

#97979c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8ca2 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8d9d9c · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d88ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d88ab]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8d88ab (#8d88ab) is rgb(141, 136, 171) in RGB.

No, #8d88ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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