#8e9bb2

Color #8e9bb2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.54 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9bb2

RGB

rgb(142, 155, 178)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 18.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 20.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(63.68, 0.4, -13.49)

LCH

lch(63.68, 13.5, 271.7)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0371, 261.94)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 55.7%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2a58e

Analogous

#8eadb2

#8e9bb2

#938eb2

Triadic

#8e9bb2

#b28e9b

#9bb28e

Split-complementary

#8e9bb2

#b2938e

#adb28e

Tetradic

#8e9bb2

#a58eb2

#b2a58e

#9bb28e

Square

#8e9bb2

#b28ead

#b2a58e

#8eb293

Shades

Color #8e9bb2 mixed toward black.

#6e7f9c

#56657f

#414c5f

#2b333f

#161920

Tints

Color #8e9bb2 mixed toward white.

#a1acbf

#b4bccc

#c6cdd8

#d9dee5

#eceef2

Tones

Color #8e9bb2 mixed toward gray.

#919caf

#949dac

#979da9

#9a9ea6

#9d9fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494ad · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#9392ac · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#8fa9a8 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9bb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9bb2]

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

#8e9bb2 (#8e9bb2) is rgb(142, 155, 178) in RGB.

No, #8e9bb2 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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