#8d8aa3

Color #8d8aa3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8aa3

RGB

rgb(141, 138, 163)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 12%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 15.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(58.49, 6.3, -12.8)

LCH

lch(58.49, 14.27, 296.21)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0371, 290.83)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 54.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a38a

Analogous

#8a93a3

#8d8aa3

#998aa3

Triadic

#8d8aa3

#a38d8a

#8aa38d

Split-complementary

#8d8aa3

#a3998a

#93a38a

Tetradic

#8d8aa3

#a38aa0

#a0a38a

#8aa38d

Square

#8d8aa3

#a38a93

#a0a38a

#8aa399

Shades

Color #8d8aa3 mixed toward black.

#726e8c

#5b5870

#444254

#2e2c38

#17161c

Tints

Color #8d8aa3 mixed toward white.

#a09db2

#b3b1c2

#c6c4d1

#d9d8e0

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8d8aa3 mixed toward gray.

#8f8ca1

#908e9f

#92909d

#93929b

#959499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9d · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8c8c9c · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#8d9998 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 11.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8aa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8aa3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8d8aa3 (#8d8aa3) is rgb(141, 138, 163) in RGB.

No, #8d8aa3 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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