#8f8ca9

Color #8f8ca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8ca9

RGB

rgb(143, 140, 169)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 14.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 17.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(59.4, 7.17, -14.85)

LCH

lch(59.4, 16.49, 295.77)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0429, 289.91)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 54.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a98c

Analogous

#8c98a9

#8f8ca9

#9e8ca9

Triadic

#8f8ca9

#a98f8c

#8ca98f

Split-complementary

#8f8ca9

#a99e8c

#98a98c

Tetradic

#8f8ca9

#a98ca6

#a6a98c

#8ca98f

Square

#8f8ca9

#a98c98

#a6a98c

#8ca99e

Shades

Color #8f8ca9 mixed toward black.

#726f93

#5b5876

#444258

#2e2c3b

#17161d

Tints

Color #8f8ca9 mixed toward white.

#a29fb7

#b4b2c6

#c7c6d4

#dad9e2

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8f8ca9 mixed toward gray.

#918ea7

#9391a4

#9593a2

#97969f

#99989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea3 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea1 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#8f9d9c · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8ca9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8ca9 (#8f8ca9) is rgb(143, 140, 169) in RGB.

No, #8f8ca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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