#8e88be

Color #8e88be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e88be

RGB

rgb(142, 136, 190)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 29.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 28.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(59.04, 14.11, -27.33)

LCH

lch(59.04, 30.76, 297.31)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0799, 289.07)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 53.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8be88

Analogous

#889dbe

#8e88be

#a988be

Triadic

#8e88be

#be8e88

#88be8e

Split-complementary

#8e88be

#bea988

#9dbe88

Tetradic

#8e88be

#be88b8

#b8be88

#88be8e

Square

#8e88be

#be889d

#b8be88

#88bea9

Shades

Color #8e88be mixed toward black.

#6d65ab

#544d8c

#3f3a69

#2a2646

#151323

Tints

Color #8e88be mixed toward white.

#a19cc9

#b4b0d4

#c6c3de

#d9d7e9

#ecebf4

Tones

Color #8e88be mixed toward gray.

#918cb9

#9591b5

#9895b0

#9c9aac

#9f9ea7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bb3 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8c8cb0 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8ea9a7 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e88be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e88be]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e88be (#8e88be) is rgb(142, 136, 190) in RGB.

No, #8e88be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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