#8e8d9d

Color #8e8d9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8d9d

RGB

rgb(142, 141, 157)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 7.5%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 10.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(59.19, 3.63, -8.32)

LCH

lch(59.19, 9.08, 293.57)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0236, 288.51)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 55.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9d8d

Analogous

#8d949d

#8e8d9d

#968d9d

Triadic

#8e8d9d

#9d8e8d

#8d9d8e

Split-complementary

#8e8d9d

#9d968d

#949d8d

Tetradic

#8e8d9d

#9d8d9c

#9c9d8d

#8d9d8e

Square

#8e8d9d

#9d8d94

#9c9d8d

#8d9d96

Shades

Color #8e8d9d mixed toward black.

#747385

#5d5c6b

#464550

#2e2e35

#17171b

Tints

Color #8e8d9d mixed toward white.

#a1a0ad

#b4b3be

#c6c6ce

#d9d9de

#ececef

Tones

Color #8e8d9d mixed toward gray.

#8f8e9c

#90909a

#919199

#939298

#949496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

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

#8e8e99 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8e8e98 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#8e9696 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8d9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8d9d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8d9d (#8e8d9d) is rgb(142, 141, 157) in RGB.

No, #8e8d9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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