#8d89a8

Color #8d89a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8d89a8

RGB

rgb(141, 137, 168)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 15.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 18.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(58.4, 7.99, -15.81)

LCH

lch(58.4, 17.71, 296.81)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0461, 290.99)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 53.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a889

Analogous

#8995a8

#8d89a8

#9c89a8

Triadic

#8d89a8

#a88d89

#89a88d

Split-complementary

#8d89a8

#a89c89

#95a889

Tetradic

#8d89a8

#a889a4

#a4a889

#89a88d

Square

#8d89a8

#a88995

#a4a889

#89a89c

Shades

Color #8d89a8 mixed toward black.

#716c92

#5a5675

#444158

#2d2b3b

#17161d

Tints

Color #8d89a8 mixed toward white.

#a09db6

#b3b0c5

#c6c4d3

#d9d8e2

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8d89a8 mixed toward gray.

#8f8ca5

#918ea3

#9391a0

#95939e

#97969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba1 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8ca0 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#8d9c9a · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d89a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d89a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8d89a8 (#8d89a8) is rgb(141, 137, 168) in RGB.

No, #8d89a8 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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