#8e909c

Color #8e909c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.26 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e909c

RGB

rgb(142, 144, 156)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 6.6%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 9%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(59.98, 1.72, -6.58)

LCH

lch(59.98, 6.8, 284.65)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0179, 278.36)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 55.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9a8e

Analogous

#8e979c

#8e909c

#938e9c

Triadic

#8e909c

#9c8e90

#909c8e

Split-complementary

#8e909c

#9c938e

#979c8e

Tetradic

#8e909c

#9a8e9c

#9c9a8e

#909c8e

Square

#8e909c

#9c8e97

#9c9a8e

#8e9c93

Shades

Color #8e909c mixed toward black.

#747684

#5d5f6a

#46474f

#2e2f35

#17181a

Tints

Color #8e909c mixed toward white.

#a1a2ac

#b4b5bd

#c6c7cd

#d9dade

#ececee

Tones

Color #8e909c mixed toward gray.

#8f919b

#90929a

#919298

#939397

#949496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f99 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8f99 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#8e9796 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e909c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e909c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e909c (#8e909c) is rgb(142, 144, 156) in RGB.

No, #8e909c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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