#8f8e98

Color #8f8e98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8e98

RGB

rgb(143, 142, 152)

HSL

hsl(246, 4.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246, 6.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.39, 2.37, -5.16)

LCH

lch(59.39, 5.68, 294.67)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0147, 290.65)

HWB

hwb(246, 55.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97988e

Analogous

#8e9298

#8f8e98

#948e98

Triadic

#8f8e98

#988f8e

#8e988f

Split-complementary

#8f8e98

#98948e

#92988e

Tetradic

#8f8e98

#988e97

#97988e

#8e988f

Square

#8f8e98

#988e92

#97988e

#8e9894

Shades

Color #8f8e98 mixed toward black.

#767580

#5e5d66

#47464d

#2f2f33

#18171a

Tints

Color #8f8e98 mixed toward white.

#a2a1a9

#b4b4ba

#c7c6cb

#dad9dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8f8e98 mixed toward gray.

#908f97

#909096

#919095

#929195

#929294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

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

#8f8f96 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8f95 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#8f9493 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8e98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8e98]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8e98 (#8f8e98) is rgb(143, 142, 152) in RGB.

No, #8f8e98 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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