#8e87af

Color #8e87af

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e87af

RGB

rgb(142, 135, 175)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 20%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 22.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(58.2, 11.09, -20.1)

LCH

lch(58.2, 22.96, 298.89)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0596, 292.69)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 52.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8af87

Analogous

#8794af

#8e87af

#a287af

Triadic

#8e87af

#af8e87

#87af8e

Split-complementary

#8e87af

#afa287

#94af87

Tetradic

#8e87af

#af87a8

#a8af87

#87af8e

Square

#8e87af

#af8794

#a8af87

#87afa2

Shades

Color #8e87af mixed toward black.

#71689a

#5a537c

#433e5d

#2d293e

#16151f

Tints

Color #8e87af mixed toward white.

#a19bbc

#b4afca

#c7c3d7

#d9d7e4

#ecebf2

Tones

Color #8e87af mixed toward gray.

#908aac

#928ea8

#9591a5

#9794a2

#99989e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba6 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#8b8ca4 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#8e9f9e · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e87af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e87af]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8e87af (#8e87af) is rgb(142, 135, 175) in RGB.

No, #8e87af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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