#8e99ae

Color #8e99ae

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e99ae

RGB

rgb(142, 153, 174)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 16.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 18.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63, 0.61, -12.26)

LCH

lch(63, 12.28, 272.85)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0335, 263.49)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 55.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea38e

Analogous

#8ea9ae

#8e99ae

#938eae

Triadic

#8e99ae

#ae8e99

#99ae8e

Split-complementary

#8e99ae

#ae938e

#a9ae8e

Tetradic

#8e99ae

#a38eae

#aea38e

#99ae8e

Square

#8e99ae

#ae8ea9

#aea38e

#8eae93

Shades

Color #8e99ae mixed toward black.

#6f7d98

#58647b

#424b5c

#2c323d

#16191f

Tints

Color #8e99ae mixed toward white.

#a1aabc

#b4bbc9

#c7ccd7

#d9dde4

#eceef2

Tones

Color #8e99ae mixed toward gray.

#919aab

#939ba9

#969ca6

#999ca3

#9b9da1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a9 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#9291a8 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8fa5a4 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e99ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e99ae]

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

#8e99ae (#8e99ae) is rgb(142, 153, 174) in RGB.

No, #8e99ae 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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