#8e91b8

Color #8e91b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e91b8

RGB

rgb(142, 145, 184)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 22.8%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 22.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(61.19, 7.47, -20.65)

LCH

lch(61.19, 21.96, 289.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0577, 281.29)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 55.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b58e

Analogous

#8ea6b8

#8e91b8

#a08eb8

Triadic

#8e91b8

#b88e91

#91b88e

Split-complementary

#8e91b8

#b8a08e

#a6b88e

Tetradic

#8e91b8

#b58eb8

#b8b58e

#91b88e

Square

#8e91b8

#b88ea6

#b8b58e

#8eb8a0

Shades

Color #8e91b8 mixed toward black.

#6d71a3

#545785

#3f4264

#2a2c43

#151621

Tints

Color #8e91b8 mixed toward white.

#a1a3c4

#b4b6d0

#c6c8db

#d9dae7

#ecedf3

Tones

Color #8e91b8 mixed toward gray.

#9194b4

#9597b1

#989aad

#9c9daa

#9fa0a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fb0 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8fad · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#8ea9a7 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e91b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e91b8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e91b8 (#8e91b8) is rgb(142, 145, 184) in RGB.

No, #8e91b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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