#8f8a9c

Color #8f8a9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8a9c

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 156)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.43, 5.47, -8.87)

LCH

lch(58.43, 10.42, 301.66)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0272, 298.36)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979c8a

Analogous

#8a8e9c

#8f8a9c

#988a9c

Triadic

#8f8a9c

#9c8f8a

#8a9c8f

Split-complementary

#8f8a9c

#9c988a

#8e9c8a

Tetradic

#8f8a9c

#9c8a97

#979c8a

#8a9c8f

Square

#8f8a9c

#9c8a8e

#979c8a

#8a9c98

Shades

Color #8f8a9c mixed toward black.

#767085

#5e5a6a

#474350

#2f2d35

#18161b

Tints

Color #8f8a9c mixed toward white.

#a29dac

#b4b1bd

#c7c4cd

#dad8de

#ecebee

Tones

Color #8f8a9c mixed toward gray.

#908b9a

#908d99

#918e97

#929096

#929194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d98 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8d8e97 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#8f9594 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 9.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8a9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8a9c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8f8a9c (#8f8a9c) is rgb(143, 138, 156) in RGB.

No, #8f8a9c 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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