#908ea5

Color #908ea5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#908ea5

RGB

rgb(144, 142, 165)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 11.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 13.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.88, 5.48, -11.83)

LCH

lch(59.88, 13.04, 294.85)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.0339, 289.45)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 55.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a58e

Analogous

#8e98a5

#908ea5

#9b8ea5

Triadic

#908ea5

#a5908e

#8ea590

Split-complementary

#908ea5

#a59b8e

#98a58e

Tetradic

#908ea5

#a58ea3

#a3a58e

#8ea590

Square

#908ea5

#a58e98

#a3a58e

#8ea59b

Shades

Color #908ea5 mixed toward black.

#74728e

#5d5b72

#464455

#2e2d39

#17171c

Tints

Color #908ea5 mixed toward white.

#a3a1b4

#b5b4c3

#c8c7d2

#dad9e1

#edecf0

Tones

Color #908ea5 mixed toward gray.

#9290a3

#9392a1

#95949f

#96969d

#98989b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa0 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8f9f · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#909c9b · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #908ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908ea5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#908ea5 (#908ea5) is rgb(144, 142, 165) in RGB.

No, #908ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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