#8f8bb7

Color #8f8bb7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8bb7

RGB

rgb(143, 139, 183)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 23.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 24%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(59.64, 10.99, -22.44)

LCH

lch(59.64, 24.99, 296.09)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.065, 288.66)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 54.5%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b78b

Analogous

#8b9db7

#8f8bb7

#a58bb7

Triadic

#8f8bb7

#b78f8b

#8bb78f

Split-complementary

#8f8bb7

#b7a58b

#9db78b

Tetradic

#8f8bb7

#b78bb3

#b3b78b

#8bb78f

Square

#8f8bb7

#b78b9d

#b3b78b

#8bb7a5

Shades

Color #8f8bb7 mixed toward black.

#6f6aa2

#575284

#413e63

#2b2942

#161521

Tints

Color #8f8bb7 mixed toward white.

#a29ec3

#b4b2cf

#c7c5db

#dad8e7

#ececf3

Tones

Color #8f8bb7 mixed toward gray.

#928fb3

#9592b0

#9896ac

#9b9aa8

#9e9da5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dae · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8e8eab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8fa6a4 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8bb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8bb7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8bb7 (#8f8bb7) is rgb(143, 139, 183) in RGB.

No, #8f8bb7 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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