#8d9ca4

Color #8d9ca4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8d9ca4

RGB

rgb(141, 156, 164)

HSL

hsl(200.9, 11.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.9, 14%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(63.44, -3.61, -5.98)

LCH

lch(63.44, 6.99, 238.88)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0208, 230.87)

HWB

hwb(200.9, 55.3%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4958d

Analogous

#8da4a0

#8d9ca4

#8d90a4

Triadic

#8d9ca4

#a48d9c

#9ca48d

Split-complementary

#8d9ca4

#a48d90

#a4a08d

Tetradic

#8d9ca4

#958da4

#a4958d

#9ca48d

Square

#8d9ca4

#a08da4

#a4958d

#90a48d

Shades

Color #8d9ca4 mixed toward black.

#71838d

#5a6971

#444f55

#2d3539

#171a1c

Tints

Color #8d9ca4 mixed toward white.

#a0acb3

#b3bdc2

#c6cdd1

#d9dee1

#eceef0

Tones

Color #8d9ca4 mixed toward gray.

#8f9ba2

#919ba0

#939a9e

#959a9c

#97999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a2 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#9392a2 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#8ea1a0 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d9ca4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d9ca4]

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Frequently asked questions

#8d9ca4 (#8d9ca4) is rgb(141, 156, 164) in RGB.

No, #8d9ca4 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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