#8d9ea8

Color #8d9ea8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8d9ea8

RGB

rgb(141, 158, 168)

HSL

hsl(202.2, 13.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.2, 16.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(64.11, -3.84, -7.23)

LCH

lch(64.11, 8.19, 242.03)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0242, 233.56)

HWB

hwb(202.2, 55.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8978d

Analogous

#8da8a4

#8d9ea8

#8d91a8

Triadic

#8d9ea8

#a88d9e

#9ea88d

Split-complementary

#8d9ea8

#a88d91

#a8a48d

Tetradic

#8d9ea8

#978da8

#a8978d

#9ea88d

Square

#8d9ea8

#a48da8

#a8978d

#91a88d

Shades

Color #8d9ea8 mixed toward black.

#708592

#596b75

#435058

#2d353a

#161b1d

Tints

Color #8d9ea8 mixed toward white.

#a0aeb6

#b3bec5

#c6cfd3

#d9dfe2

#eceff0

Tones

Color #8d9ea8 mixed toward gray.

#8f9da6

#929da4

#949ca1

#969c9f

#989b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a6 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#9492a5 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8ea4a3 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d9ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d9ea8]

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Frequently asked questions

#8d9ea8 (#8d9ea8) is rgb(141, 158, 168) in RGB.

No, #8d9ea8 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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