#908ba7

Color #908ba7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#908ba7

RGB

rgb(144, 139, 167)

HSL

hsl(250.7, 13.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.7, 16.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(59.14, 7.63, -14.08)

LCH

lch(59.14, 16.01, 298.45)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0416, 293.36)

HWB

hwb(250.7, 54.5%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a78b

Analogous

#8b94a7

#908ba7

#9e8ba7

Triadic

#908ba7

#a7908b

#8ba790

Split-complementary

#908ba7

#a79e8b

#94a78b

Tetradic

#908ba7

#a78ba2

#a2a78b

#8ba790

Square

#908ba7

#a78b94

#a2a78b

#8ba79e

Shades

Color #908ba7 mixed toward black.

#746e91

#5d5874

#464257

#2f2c3a

#17161d

Tints

Color #908ba7 mixed toward white.

#a39eb6

#b5b2c4

#c8c5d3

#dad8e2

#edecf0

Tones

Color #908ba7 mixed toward gray.

#928da5

#9390a2

#9592a0

#96949e

#98979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea1 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8e8f9f · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#909c9b · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #908ba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908ba7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#908ba7 (#908ba7) is rgb(144, 139, 167) in RGB.

No, #908ba7 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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