#8e89bc

Color #8e89bc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e89bc

RGB

rgb(142, 137, 188)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 27.6%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 27.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(59.23, 13.04, -25.92)

LCH

lch(59.23, 29.02, 296.71)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0755, 288.63)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 53.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7bc89

Analogous

#899dbc

#8e89bc

#a789bc

Triadic

#8e89bc

#bc8e89

#89bc8e

Split-complementary

#8e89bc

#bca789

#9dbc89

Tetradic

#8e89bc

#bc89b7

#b7bc89

#89bc8e

Square

#8e89bc

#bc899d

#b7bc89

#89bca7

Shades

Color #8e89bc mixed toward black.

#6d66a8

#544e8a

#3f3b68

#2a2745

#151423

Tints

Color #8e89bc mixed toward white.

#a19dc7

#b4b0d2

#c6c4dd

#d9d8e9

#ecebf4

Tones

Color #8e89bc mixed toward gray.

#918db8

#9591b3

#9896af

#9c9aab

#9f9ea7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cb1 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8daf · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8ea8a6 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e89bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e89bc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e89bc (#8e89bc) is rgb(142, 137, 188) in RGB.

No, #8e89bc 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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