#8f8fa4

Color #8f8fa4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8fa4

RGB

rgb(143, 143, 164)

HSL

hsl(240, 10.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(60.04, 4.35, -11.04)

LCH

lch(60.04, 11.87, 291.51)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0309, 285.56)

HWB

hwb(240, 56.1%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a48f

Analogous

#8f9aa4

#8f8fa4

#9a8fa4

Triadic

#8f8fa4

#a48f8f

#8fa48f

Split-complementary

#8f8fa4

#a49a8f

#9aa48f

Tetradic

#8f8fa4

#a48fa4

#a4a48f

#8fa48f

Square

#8f8fa4

#a48f9a

#a4a48f

#8fa49a

Shades

Color #8f8fa4 mixed toward black.

#73738d

#5c5c71

#454555

#2e2e38

#17171c

Tints

Color #8f8fa4 mixed toward white.

#a2a2b3

#b4b4c2

#c7c7d1

#dadae1

#ececf0

Tones

Color #8f8fa4 mixed toward gray.

#9191a2

#9393a0

#94949f

#96969d

#98989b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9f · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#8f8f9e · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8f9b9a · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8fa4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8fa4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8f8fa4 (#8f8fa4) is rgb(143, 143, 164) in RGB.

No, #8f8fa4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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