#8d8d9a

Color #8d8d9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8d9a

RGB

rgb(141, 141, 154)

HSL

hsl(240, 6%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(59.02, 2.64, -6.88)

LCH

lch(59.02, 7.37, 290.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0191, 285.78)

HWB

hwb(240, 55.3%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9a8d

Analogous

#8d939a

#8d8d9a

#938d9a

Triadic

#8d8d9a

#9a8d8d

#8d9a8d

Split-complementary

#8d8d9a

#9a938d

#939a8d

Tetradic

#8d8d9a

#9a8d9a

#9a9a8d

#8d9a8d

Square

#8d8d9a

#9a8d93

#9a9a8d

#8d9a93

Shades

Color #8d8d9a mixed toward black.

#737382

#5c5c68

#45454e

#2e2e34

#17171a

Tints

Color #8d8d9a mixed toward white.

#a0a0ab

#b3b3bc

#c6c6cc

#d9d9dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8d8d9a mixed toward gray.

#8e8e99

#8f8f98

#909097

#919196

#929294

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

#8d8d97 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8d8d96 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#8d9594 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 6.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8d9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8d9a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8d8d9a (#8d8d9a) is rgb(141, 141, 154) in RGB.

No, #8d8d9a 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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