#8e86b1

Color #8e86b1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e86b1

RGB

rgb(142, 134, 177)

HSL

hsl(251.2, 21.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.2, 24.3%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(58.01, 12.14, -21.53)

LCH

lch(58.01, 24.72, 299.42)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0641, 293.05)

HWB

hwb(251.2, 52.5%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b186

Analogous

#8694b1

#8e86b1

#a486b1

Triadic

#8e86b1

#b18e86

#86b18e

Split-complementary

#8e86b1

#b1a486

#94b186

Tetradic

#8e86b1

#b186a9

#a9b186

#86b18e

Square

#8e86b1

#b18694

#a9b186

#86b1a4

Shades

Color #8e86b1 mixed toward black.

#71679d

#5a517e

#433d5f

#2d293f

#161420

Tints

Color #8e86b1 mixed toward white.

#a19abe

#b4aecb

#c7c3d8

#d9d7e5

#ecebf2

Tones

Color #8e86b1 mixed toward gray.

#908aad

#938daa

#9591a6

#9794a3

#99989f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba8 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#8b8ca6 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8ea09e · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e86b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e86b1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8e86b1 (#8e86b1) is rgb(142, 134, 177) in RGB.

No, #8e86b1 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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