#8d8baa

Color #8d8baa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8baa

RGB

rgb(141, 139, 170)

HSL

hsl(243.9, 15.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.9, 18.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(59, 7.3, -16.03)

LCH

lch(59, 17.61, 294.48)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0459, 288.04)

HWB

hwb(243.9, 54.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8aa8b

Analogous

#8b99aa

#8d8baa

#9d8baa

Triadic

#8d8baa

#aa8d8b

#8baa8d

Split-complementary

#8d8baa

#aa9d8b

#99aa8b

Tetradic

#8d8baa

#aa8ba8

#a8aa8b

#8baa8d

Square

#8d8baa

#aa8b99

#a8aa8b

#8baa9d

Shades

Color #8d8baa mixed toward black.

#706d94

#595777

#434159

#2d2c3b

#16161e

Tints

Color #8d8baa mixed toward white.

#a09eb8

#b3b2c6

#c6c5d5

#d9d8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8d8baa mixed toward gray.

#8f8ea7

#9290a5

#9493a2

#9695a0

#98989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca3 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8c8ca1 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8d9e9c · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8baa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8baa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8d8baa (#8d8baa) is rgb(141, 139, 170) in RGB.

No, #8d8baa 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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