#8fa0bd

Color #8fa0bd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8fa0bd

RGB

rgb(143, 160, 189)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 25.8%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 24.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(65.48, 0.51, -16.93)

LCH

lch(65.48, 16.94, 271.73)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0468, 261.14)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 56.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdac8f

Analogous

#8fb7bd

#8fa0bd

#958fbd

Triadic

#8fa0bd

#bd8fa0

#a0bd8f

Split-complementary

#8fa0bd

#bd958f

#b7bd8f

Tetradic

#8fa0bd

#ac8fbd

#bdac8f

#a0bd8f

Square

#8fa0bd

#bd8fb7

#bdac8f

#8fbd95

Shades

Color #8fa0bd mixed toward black.

#6c83a8

#52678b

#3e4d68

#293446

#151a23

Tints

Color #8fa0bd mixed toward white.

#a2b0c8

#b4c0d3

#c7d0de

#dadfe9

#eceff4

Tones

Color #8fa0bd mixed toward gray.

#93a1b9

#97a2b5

#9ba3b1

#9ea4ae

#a2a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797b7 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#9694b5 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#90b1b0 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8fa0bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8fa0bd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8fa0bd (#8fa0bd) is rgb(143, 160, 189) in RGB.

No, #8fa0bd 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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