#8f8ab5

Color #8f8ab5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8ab5

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 181)

HSL

hsl(247, 22.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 23.8%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 23.8%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(59.3, 11.09, -21.83)

LCH

lch(59.3, 24.49, 296.93)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0637, 289.83)

HWB

hwb(247, 54.1%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b58a

Analogous

#8a9ab5

#8f8ab5

#a48ab5

Triadic

#8f8ab5

#b58f8a

#8ab58f

Split-complementary

#8f8ab5

#b5a48a

#9ab58a

Tetradic

#8f8ab5

#b58ab0

#b0b58a

#8ab58f

Square

#8f8ab5

#b58a9a

#b0b58a

#8ab5a4

Shades

Color #8f8ab5 mixed toward black.

#7069a0

#585282

#423e62

#2c2941

#161521

Tints

Color #8f8ab5 mixed toward white.

#a29dc1

#b4b1ce

#c7c4da

#dad8e6

#ecebf3

Tones

Color #8f8ab5 mixed toward gray.

#928db1

#9491ae

#9795aa

#9a98a7

#9d9ca3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dac · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8eaa · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#8fa4a2 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8ab5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8ab5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8ab5 (#8f8ab5) is rgb(143, 138, 181) in RGB.

No, #8f8ab5 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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