#8e99ad

Color #8e99ad

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e99ad

RGB

rgb(142, 153, 173)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 15.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 17.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(62.97, 0.38, -11.75)

LCH

lch(62.97, 11.76, 271.85)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0321, 262.48)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 55.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ada28e

Analogous

#8ea9ad

#8e99ad

#938ead

Triadic

#8e99ad

#ad8e99

#99ad8e

Split-complementary

#8e99ad

#ad938e

#a9ad8e

Tetradic

#8e99ad

#a28ead

#ada28e

#99ad8e

Square

#8e99ad

#ad8ea9

#ada28e

#8ead93

Shades

Color #8e99ad mixed toward black.

#707e97

#58647a

#424b5b

#2c323d

#16191e

Tints

Color #8e99ad mixed toward white.

#a1aabb

#b4bbc8

#c7ccd6

#d9dde4

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8e99ad mixed toward gray.

#919aaa

#939ba8

#969ba5

#989ca3

#9b9da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a8 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#9291a7 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8fa5a4 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e99ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e99ad]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e99ad (#8e99ad) is rgb(142, 153, 173) in RGB.

No, #8e99ad 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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