#918fa8

Color #918fa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#918fa8

RGB

rgb(145, 143, 168)

HSL

hsl(244.8, 12.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.8, 14.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.33, 5.91, -12.86)

LCH

lch(60.33, 14.15, 294.68)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0368, 289.03)

HWB

hwb(244.8, 56.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a88f

Analogous

#8f9aa8

#918fa8

#9e8fa8

Triadic

#918fa8

#a8918f

#8fa891

Split-complementary

#918fa8

#a89e8f

#9aa88f

Tetradic

#918fa8

#a88fa6

#a6a88f

#8fa891

Square

#918fa8

#a88f9a

#a6a88f

#8fa89e

Shades

Color #918fa8 mixed toward black.

#747291

#5d5b75

#464458

#2e2d3a

#17171d

Tints

Color #918fa8 mixed toward white.

#a3a2b7

#b6b4c5

#c8c7d4

#dadae2

#edecf1

Tones

Color #918fa8 mixed toward gray.

#9391a6

#9593a4

#9695a2

#9897a0

#9a999e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090a2 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#9090a1 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#919e9d · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #918fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#918fa8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#918fa8 (#918fa8) is rgb(145, 143, 168) in RGB.

No, #918fa8 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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