#8e8b9a

Color #8e8b9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8b9a

RGB

rgb(142, 139, 154)

HSL

hsl(252, 6.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 9.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(58.55, 4.13, -7.55)

LCH

lch(58.55, 8.61, 298.68)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0224, 294.85)

HWB

hwb(252, 54.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979a8b

Analogous

#8b909a

#8e8b9a

#968b9a

Triadic

#8e8b9a

#9a8e8b

#8b9a8e

Split-complementary

#8e8b9a

#9a968b

#909a8b

Tetradic

#8e8b9a

#9a8b97

#979a8b

#8b9a8e

Square

#8e8b9a

#9a8b90

#979a8b

#8b9a96

Shades

Color #8e8b9a mixed toward black.

#757283

#5e5b68

#46444e

#2f2e34

#17171a

Tints

Color #8e8b9a mixed toward white.

#a19eab

#b4b2bc

#c7c5cd

#d9d8dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8e8b9a mixed toward gray.

#8f8c99

#908e98

#908f96

#919095

#929194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d97 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8d8d96 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#8e9493 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8b9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8b9a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8e8b9a (#8e8b9a) is rgb(142, 139, 154) in RGB.

No, #8e8b9a 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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