#8fa0b9

Color #8fa0b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8fa0b9

RGB

rgb(143, 160, 185)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 23.1%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 22.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.34, -0.44, -14.9)

LCH

lch(65.34, 14.91, 268.31)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0415, 257.91)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 56.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9a88f

Analogous

#8fb5b9

#8fa0b9

#938fb9

Triadic

#8fa0b9

#b98fa0

#a0b98f

Split-complementary

#8fa0b9

#b9938f

#b5b98f

Tetradic

#8fa0b9

#a88fb9

#b9a88f

#a0b98f

Square

#8fa0b9

#b98fb5

#b9a88f

#8fb993

Shades

Color #8fa0b9 mixed toward black.

#6d83a4

#546987

#3f4e65

#2a3443

#151a22

Tints

Color #8fa0b9 mixed toward white.

#a2b0c5

#b4c0d0

#c7cfdc

#dadfe8

#eceff3

Tones

Color #8fa0b9 mixed toward gray.

#92a1b5

#96a1b2

#99a2ae

#9da3ab

#a0a3a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797b3 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#9694b2 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#90afae · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8fa0b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8fa0b9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8fa0b9 (#8fa0b9) is rgb(143, 160, 185) in RGB.

No, #8fa0b9 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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