#908ea9

Color #908ea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#908ea9

RGB

rgb(144, 142, 169)

HSL

hsl(244.4, 13.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.4, 16%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(60.01, 6.36, -13.91)

LCH

lch(60.01, 15.3, 294.57)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0398, 288.62)

HWB

hwb(244.4, 55.7%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a98e

Analogous

#8e9aa9

#908ea9

#9e8ea9

Triadic

#908ea9

#a9908e

#8ea990

Split-complementary

#908ea9

#a99e8e

#9aa98e

Tetradic

#908ea9

#a98ea7

#a7a98e

#8ea990

Square

#908ea9

#a98e9a

#a7a98e

#8ea99e

Shades

Color #908ea9 mixed toward black.

#737193

#5c5a76

#454358

#2e2d3b

#17161d

Tints

Color #908ea9 mixed toward white.

#a3a1b7

#b5b4c6

#c8c7d4

#dad9e2

#edecf1

Tones

Color #908ea9 mixed toward gray.

#9290a7

#9493a5

#9695a2

#9897a0

#9a999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa3 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8fa2 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#909e9d · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #908ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#908ea9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#908ea9 (#908ea9) is rgb(144, 142, 169) in RGB.

No, #908ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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