#908bb3

Color #908bb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#908bb3

RGB

rgb(144, 139, 179)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 20.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 22.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(59.57, 10.37, -20.27)

LCH

lch(59.57, 22.77, 297.09)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0592, 290.36)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 54.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb38b

Analogous

#8b9ab3

#908bb3

#a48bb3

Triadic

#908bb3

#b3908b

#8bb390

Split-complementary

#908bb3

#b3a48b

#9ab38b

Tetradic

#908bb3

#b38bae

#aeb38b

#8bb390

Square

#908bb3

#b38b9a

#aeb38b

#8bb3a4

Shades

Color #908bb3 mixed toward black.

#726b9e

#5a5480

#433f60

#2d2a40

#161520

Tints

Color #908bb3 mixed toward white.

#a39ec0

#b5b2cc

#c8c5d9

#dad8e6

#edecf2

Tones

Color #908bb3 mixed toward gray.

#938fb0

#9592ac

#9895a9

#9a98a6

#9d9ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eaa · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8e8fa8 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#90a3a2 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #908bb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908bb3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#908bb3 (#908bb3) is rgb(144, 139, 179) in RGB.

No, #908bb3 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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