#8e9096

Color #8e9096

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9096

RGB

rgb(142, 144, 150)

HSL

hsl(225, 3.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 5.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 4%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(59.8, 0.47, -3.43)

LCH

lch(59.8, 3.46, 277.8)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0092, 271.25)

HWB

hwb(225, 55.7%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96948e

Analogous

#8e9496

#8e9096

#908e96

Triadic

#8e9096

#968e90

#90968e

Split-complementary

#8e9096

#96908e

#94968e

Tetradic

#8e9096

#948e96

#96948e

#90968e

Square

#8e9096

#968e94

#96948e

#8e9690

Shades

Color #8e9096 mixed toward black.

#75787e

#5e6065

#46484c

#2f3033

#171819

Tints

Color #8e9096 mixed toward white.

#a1a3a8

#b4b5b9

#c7c8cb

#d9dadc

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8e9096 mixed toward gray.

#8f9095

#8f9195

#909194

#919193

#919293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f95 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#8f8f94 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#8e9393 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9096;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9096]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e9096 (#8e9096) is rgb(142, 144, 150) in RGB.

No, #8e9096 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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