#8e8e98

Color #8e8e98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8e98

RGB

rgb(142, 142, 152)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.31, 2.01, -5.29)

LCH

lch(59.31, 5.66, 290.8)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0147, 286.21)

HWB

hwb(240, 55.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98988e

Analogous

#8e9398

#8e8e98

#938e98

Triadic

#8e8e98

#988e8e

#8e988e

Split-complementary

#8e8e98

#98938e

#93988e

Tetradic

#8e8e98

#988e98

#98988e

#8e988e

Square

#8e8e98

#988e93

#98988e

#8e9893

Shades

Color #8e8e98 mixed toward black.

#757580

#5d5d66

#46464d

#2f2f33

#17171a

Tints

Color #8e8e98 mixed toward white.

#a1a1a9

#b4b4ba

#c6c6cb

#d9d9dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8e8e98 mixed toward gray.

#8f8f97

#909096

#909095

#919195

#929294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

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

#8e8e96 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#8e8e95 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#8e9493 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8e98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8e98]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8e98 (#8e8e98) is rgb(142, 142, 152) in RGB.

No, #8e8e98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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