#8f9aa8

Color #8f9aa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f9aa8

RGB

rgb(143, 154, 168)

HSL

hsl(213.6, 12.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.6, 14.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.16, -0.96, -8.64)

LCH

lch(63.16, 8.69, 263.66)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0242, 254.41)

HWB

hwb(213.6, 56.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89d8f

Analogous

#8fa7a8

#8f9aa8

#918fa8

Triadic

#8f9aa8

#a88f9a

#9aa88f

Split-complementary

#8f9aa8

#a8918f

#a7a88f

Tetradic

#8f9aa8

#9d8fa8

#a89d8f

#9aa88f

Square

#8f9aa8

#a88fa7

#a89d8f

#8fa891

Shades

Color #8f9aa8 mixed toward black.

#728091

#5b6675

#444d58

#2d333a

#171a1d

Tints

Color #8f9aa8 mixed toward white.

#a2abb7

#b4bcc5

#c7cdd4

#dadde2

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8f9aa8 mixed toward gray.

#919aa6

#939ba4

#959ba2

#979ba0

#999b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a5 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#9392a4 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#90a2a2 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f9aa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f9aa8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f9aa8 (#8f9aa8) is rgb(143, 154, 168) in RGB.

No, #8f9aa8 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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