#8ea3b1

Color #8ea3b1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea3b1

RGB

rgb(142, 163, 177)

HSL

hsl(204, 18.3%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 19.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(65.84, -4.25, -9.69)

LCH

lch(65.84, 10.58, 246.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0313, 237.12)

HWB

hwb(204, 55.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b19c8e

Analogous

#8eb1ad

#8ea3b1

#8e91b1

Triadic

#8ea3b1

#b18ea3

#a3b18e

Split-complementary

#8ea3b1

#b18e91

#b1ad8e

Tetradic

#8ea3b1

#9c8eb1

#b19c8e

#a3b18e

Square

#8ea3b1

#ad8eb1

#b19c8e

#91b18e

Shades

Color #8ea3b1 mixed toward black.

#6e899b

#576e7e

#41535e

#2b373f

#161c1f

Tints

Color #8ea3b1 mixed toward white.

#a1b2be

#b4c2cb

#c6d1d8

#d9e0e5

#ecf0f2

Tones

Color #8ea3b1 mixed toward gray.

#91a2ae

#94a2ab

#97a1a8

#9aa1a5

#9ca0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898ae · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#9695ad · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#8fabab · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea3b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea3b1]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8ea3b1 (#8ea3b1) is rgb(142, 163, 177) in RGB.

No, #8ea3b1 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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