#8d8d99

Color #8d8d99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8d99

RGB

rgb(141, 141, 153)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(58.99, 2.43, -6.35)

LCH

lch(58.99, 6.8, 290.94)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0177, 285.77)

HWB

hwb(240, 55.3%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99998d

Analogous

#8d9399

#8d8d99

#938d99

Triadic

#8d8d99

#998d8d

#8d998d

Split-complementary

#8d8d99

#99938d

#93998d

Tetradic

#8d8d99

#998d99

#99998d

#8d998d

Square

#8d8d99

#998d93

#99998d

#8d9993

Shades

Color #8d8d99 mixed toward black.

#747481

#5c5c67

#45454e

#2e2e34

#17171a

Tints

Color #8d8d99 mixed toward white.

#a0a0aa

#b3b3bb

#c6c6cc

#d9d9dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8d8d99 mixed toward gray.

#8e8e98

#8f8f97

#909096

#919195

#929294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d96 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8d8d96 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#8d9493 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8d99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8d99]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8d8d99 (#8d8d99) is rgb(141, 141, 153) in RGB.

No, #8d8d99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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