#8e8ba5

Color #8e8ba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8ba5

RGB

rgb(142, 139, 165)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 12.6%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 15.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(58.91, 6.51, -13.31)

LCH

lch(58.91, 14.82, 296.06)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0385, 290.5)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 54.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a58b

Analogous

#8b95a5

#8e8ba5

#9b8ba5

Triadic

#8e8ba5

#a58e8b

#8ba58e

Split-complementary

#8e8ba5

#a59b8b

#95a58b

Tetradic

#8e8ba5

#a58ba2

#a2a58b

#8ba58e

Square

#8e8ba5

#a58b95

#a2a58b

#8ba59b

Shades

Color #8e8ba5 mixed toward black.

#726f8f

#5b5972

#454256

#2e2c39

#17161d

Tints

Color #8e8ba5 mixed toward white.

#a19eb4

#b4b2c3

#c6c5d2

#d9d8e1

#ececf0

Tones

Color #8e8ba5 mixed toward gray.

#908da3

#918fa1

#93919e

#95949c

#96969a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9f · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#8d8d9e · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8e9a99 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8ba5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e8ba5 (#8e8ba5) is rgb(142, 139, 165) in RGB.

No, #8e8ba5 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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