#8e89ac

Color #8e89ac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e89ac

RGB

rgb(142, 137, 172)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 17.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 20.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(58.62, 9.24, -17.75)

LCH

lch(58.62, 20.01, 297.5)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.052, 291.43)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 53.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ac89

Analogous

#8996ac

#8e89ac

#a089ac

Triadic

#8e89ac

#ac8e89

#89ac8e

Split-complementary

#8e89ac

#aca089

#96ac89

Tetradic

#8e89ac

#ac89a7

#a7ac89

#89ac8e

Square

#8e89ac

#ac8996

#a7ac89

#89aca0

Shades

Color #8e89ac mixed toward black.

#716b97

#5a5579

#44405b

#2d2b3c

#17151e

Tints

Color #8e89ac mixed toward white.

#a19dba

#b4b0c8

#c7c4d6

#d9d8e3

#ecebf1

Tones

Color #8e89ac mixed toward gray.

#908ca9

#928fa6

#9492a3

#9695a0

#98989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca4 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8da3 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8e9e9d · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e89ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e89ac]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e89ac (#8e89ac) is rgb(142, 137, 172) in RGB.

No, #8e89ac 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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