#918ea5

Color #918ea5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#918ea5

RGB

rgb(145, 142, 165)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 11.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 13.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.96, 5.82, -11.7)

LCH

lch(59.96, 13.07, 296.45)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0339, 291.43)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 55.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a58e

Analogous

#8e97a5

#918ea5

#9c8ea5

Triadic

#918ea5

#a5918e

#8ea591

Split-complementary

#918ea5

#a59c8e

#97a58e

Tetradic

#918ea5

#a58ea2

#a2a58e

#8ea591

Square

#918ea5

#a58e97

#a2a58e

#8ea59c

Shades

Color #918ea5 mixed toward black.

#75728e

#5e5b72

#464455

#2f2d39

#17171c

Tints

Color #918ea5 mixed toward white.

#a3a1b4

#b6b4c3

#c8c7d2

#dad9e1

#edecf0

Tones

Color #918ea5 mixed toward gray.

#9290a3

#9492a1

#95949f

#97969d

#98989b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a0 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#90909f · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#919c9b · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #918ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#918ea5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#918ea5 (#918ea5) is rgb(145, 142, 165) in RGB.

No, #918ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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