#8e91c6

Color #8e91c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e91c6

RGB

rgb(142, 145, 198)

HSL

hsl(236.8, 32.9%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.8, 28.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(61.72, 10.9, -27.71)

LCH

lch(61.72, 29.78, 291.47)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0782, 281.58)

HWB

hwb(236.8, 55.7%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c38e

Analogous

#8eadc6

#8e91c6

#a78ec6

Triadic

#8e91c6

#c68e91

#91c68e

Split-complementary

#8e91c6

#c6a78e

#adc68e

Tetradic

#8e91c6

#c38ec6

#c6c38e

#91c68e

Square

#8e91c6

#c68ead

#c6c38e

#8ec6a7

Shades

Color #8e91c6 mixed toward black.

#686cb3

#4c5097

#393c71

#26284b

#131426

Tints

Color #8e91c6 mixed toward white.

#a1a3d0

#b4b6d9

#c7c8e3

#d9daec

#ecedf6

Tones

Color #8e91c6 mixed toward gray.

#9395c1

#9799bd

#9c9eb8

#a1a2b3

#a5a6af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fbb · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8fb8 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#8eb2af · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e91c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e91c6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e91c6 (#8e91c6) is rgb(142, 145, 198) in RGB.

No, #8e91c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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