#8e86a6

Color #8e86a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8e86a6

RGB

rgb(142, 134, 166)

HSL

hsl(255, 15.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 19.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(57.61, 9.61, -15.85)

LCH

lch(57.61, 18.54, 301.23)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0481, 296.41)

HWB

hwb(255, 52.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea686

Analogous

#868ea6

#8e86a6

#9e86a6

Triadic

#8e86a6

#a68e86

#86a68e

Split-complementary

#8e86a6

#a69e86

#8ea686

Tetradic

#8e86a6

#a6869e

#9ea686

#86a68e

Square

#8e86a6

#a6868e

#9ea686

#86a69e

Shades

Color #8e86a6 mixed toward black.

#736a90

#5c5573

#454056

#2e2a3a

#17151d

Tints

Color #8e86a6 mixed toward white.

#a19ab5

#b4aec4

#c6c2d2

#d9d7e1

#ecebf0

Tones

Color #8e86a6 mixed toward gray.

#8f89a3

#918ba1

#928e9e

#93919b

#959399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9f · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8c9d · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#8e9998 · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 14.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e86a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e86a6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8e86a6 (#8e86a6) is rgb(142, 134, 166) in RGB.

No, #8e86a6 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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