#8f8ca8

Color #8f8ca8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.33 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8ca8

RGB

rgb(143, 140, 168)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(59.36, 6.94, -14.33)

LCH

lch(59.36, 15.92, 295.84)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0414, 290.05)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a88c

Analogous

#8c97a8

#8f8ca8

#9d8ca8

Triadic

#8f8ca8

#a88f8c

#8ca88f

Split-complementary

#8f8ca8

#a89d8c

#97a88c

Tetradic

#8f8ca8

#a88ca5

#a5a88c

#8ca88f

Square

#8f8ca8

#a88c97

#a5a88c

#8ca89d

Shades

Color #8f8ca8 mixed toward black.

#736f92

#5b5875

#454258

#2e2c3a

#17161d

Tints

Color #8f8ca8 mixed toward white.

#a29fb7

#b4b2c5

#c7c5d4

#dad9e2

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8f8ca8 mixed toward gray.

#918ea6

#9391a3

#9493a1

#96959f

#98989c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea2 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea0 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#8f9d9c · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8ca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8ca8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8ca8 (#8f8ca8) is rgb(143, 140, 168) in RGB.

No, #8f8ca8 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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