#8f90a9

Color #8f90a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f90a9

RGB

rgb(143, 144, 169)

HSL

hsl(237.7, 13.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.7, 15.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(60.47, 4.89, -13.23)

LCH

lch(60.47, 14.1, 290.29)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0369, 283.47)

HWB

hwb(237.7, 56.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a88f

Analogous

#8f9da9

#8f90a9

#9b8fa9

Triadic

#8f90a9

#a98f90

#90a98f

Split-complementary

#8f90a9

#a99b8f

#9da98f

Tetradic

#8f90a9

#a88fa9

#a9a88f

#90a98f

Square

#8f90a9

#a98f9d

#a9a88f

#8fa99b

Shades

Color #8f90a9 mixed toward black.

#727392

#5a5b76

#444558

#2d2e3b

#17171d

Tints

Color #8f90a9 mixed toward white.

#a2a3b7

#b4b5c6

#c7c8d4

#dadae2

#ecedf1

Tones

Color #8f90a9 mixed toward gray.

#9192a7

#9394a5

#9696a3

#9898a0

#9a9a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa3 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8fa2 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#8f9f9e · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f90a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f90a9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8f90a9 (#8f90a9) is rgb(143, 144, 169) in RGB.

No, #8f90a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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