#908ea4

Color #908ea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.48 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#908ea4

RGB

rgb(144, 142, 164)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(59.85, 5.26, -11.31)

LCH

lch(59.85, 12.47, 294.94)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0325, 289.61)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a48e

Analogous

#8e97a4

#908ea4

#9b8ea4

Triadic

#908ea4

#a4908e

#8ea490

Split-complementary

#908ea4

#a49b8e

#97a48e

Tetradic

#908ea4

#a48ea2

#a2a48e

#8ea490

Square

#908ea4

#a48e97

#a2a48e

#8ea49b

Shades

Color #908ea4 mixed toward black.

#74728d

#5d5b71

#464455

#2f2d39

#17171c

Tints

Color #908ea4 mixed toward white.

#a3a1b3

#b5b4c2

#c8c6d2

#dad9e1

#edecf0

Tones

Color #908ea4 mixed toward gray.

#9290a2

#9392a0

#95939f

#96959d

#98979b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9f · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8f9e · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#909b9a · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #908ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908ea4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#908ea4 (#908ea4) is rgb(144, 142, 164) in RGB.

No, #908ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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