#8f8db1

Color #8f8db1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8db1

RGB

rgb(143, 141, 177)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 18.7%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 20.3%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(59.95, 8.43, -18.57)

LCH

lch(59.95, 20.39, 294.42)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0531, 287.41)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 55.3%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afb18d

Analogous

#8d9db1

#8f8db1

#a18db1

Triadic

#8f8db1

#b18f8d

#8db18f

Split-complementary

#8f8db1

#b1a18d

#9db18d

Tetradic

#8f8db1

#b18daf

#afb18d

#8db18f

Square

#8f8db1

#b18d9d

#afb18d

#8db1a1

Shades

Color #8f8db1 mixed toward black.

#706e9b

#58567e

#42415e

#2c2b3f

#16161f

Tints

Color #8f8db1 mixed toward white.

#a2a0be

#b4b3cb

#c7c6d8

#dad9e5

#ececf2

Tones

Color #8f8db1 mixed toward gray.

#9290ae

#9493ab

#9796a8

#9a99a5

#9c9ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea9 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8fa3a1 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8db1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8db1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8f8db1 (#8f8db1) is rgb(143, 141, 177) in RGB.

No, #8f8db1 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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