#8e909d

Color #8e909d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e909d

RGB

rgb(142, 144, 157)

HSL

hsl(232, 7.1%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232, 9.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(60.01, 1.93, -7.11)

LCH

lch(60.01, 7.37, 285.19)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0193, 278.93)

HWB

hwb(232, 55.7%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9b8e

Analogous

#8e979d

#8e909d

#938e9d

Triadic

#8e909d

#9d8e90

#909d8e

Split-complementary

#8e909d

#9d938e

#979d8e

Tetradic

#8e909d

#9b8e9d

#9d9b8e

#909d8e

Square

#8e909d

#9d8e97

#9d9b8e

#8e9d93

Shades

Color #8e909d mixed toward black.

#747685

#5d5e6b

#454750

#2e2f35

#17181b

Tints

Color #8e909d mixed toward white.

#a1a2ad

#b4b5be

#c6c7ce

#d9dade

#ececef

Tones

Color #8e909d mixed toward gray.

#8f919c

#90929a

#929399

#939498

#949597

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9a · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8f99 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#8e9897 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e909d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e909d]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e909d (#8e909d) is rgb(142, 144, 157) in RGB.

No, #8e909d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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