#8e8e97

Color #8e8e97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8e97

RGB

rgb(142, 142, 151)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.1%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(59.28, 1.8, -4.76)

LCH

lch(59.28, 5.09, 290.71)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0132, 286.24)

HWB

hwb(240, 55.7%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97978e

Analogous

#8e9397

#8e8e97

#938e97

Triadic

#8e8e97

#978e8e

#8e978e

Split-complementary

#8e8e97

#97938e

#93978e

Tetradic

#8e8e97

#978e97

#97978e

#8e978e

Square

#8e8e97

#978e93

#97978e

#8e9793

Shades

Color #8e8e97 mixed toward black.

#75757f

#5e5e66

#46464c

#2f2f33

#171719

Tints

Color #8e8e97 mixed toward white.

#a1a1a8

#b4b4ba

#c7c7cb

#d9d9dc

#ececee

Tones

Color #8e8e97 mixed toward gray.

#8f8f96

#909096

#909095

#919194

#929293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e95 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#8e8e94 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#8e9393 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8e97]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8e97 (#8e8e97) is rgb(142, 142, 151) in RGB.

No, #8e8e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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