#8e9aac

Color #8e9aac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9aac

RGB

rgb(142, 154, 172)

HSL

hsl(216, 15.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 17.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(63.21, -0.4, -10.82)

LCH

lch(63.21, 10.83, 267.88)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0299, 258.43)

HWB

hwb(216, 55.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca08e

Analogous

#8ea9ac

#8e9aac

#918eac

Triadic

#8e9aac

#ac8e9a

#9aac8e

Split-complementary

#8e9aac

#ac918e

#a9ac8e

Tetradic

#8e9aac

#a08eac

#aca08e

#9aac8e

Square

#8e9aac

#ac8ea9

#aca08e

#8eac91

Shades

Color #8e9aac mixed toward black.

#707f96

#596679

#434c5b

#2c333c

#16191e

Tints

Color #8e9aac mixed toward white.

#a1abba

#b4bcc8

#c7cdd6

#d9dde3

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8e9aac mixed toward gray.

#919baa

#939ba7

#969ca5

#989ca2

#9b9da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a8 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#9392a7 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#8fa5a4 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9aac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9aac]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e9aac (#8e9aac) is rgb(142, 154, 172) in RGB.

No, #8e9aac 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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