#838aa7

Color #838aa7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#838aa7

RGB

rgb(131, 138, 167)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 17%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 21.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(57.84, 3.88, -16.16)

LCH

lch(57.84, 16.62, 283.5)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0442, 274.41)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 51.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a083

Analogous

#839ca7

#838aa7

#8e83a7

Triadic

#838aa7

#a7838a

#8aa783

Split-complementary

#838aa7

#a78e83

#9ca783

Tetradic

#838aa7

#a083a7

#a7a083

#8aa783

Square

#838aa7

#a7839c

#a7a083

#83a78e

Shades

Color #838aa7 mixed toward black.

#676f91

#525974

#3e4357

#292c3a

#15161d

Tints

Color #838aa7 mixed toward white.

#989db6

#acb1c4

#c1c4d3

#d6d8e2

#eaebf0

Tones

Color #838aa7 mixed toward gray.

#868ca4

#898ea1

#8c8f9e

#8f919b

#929398

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686a1 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#86859f · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#839b9a · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 12.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #838aa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838aa7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#838aa7 (#838aa7) is rgb(131, 138, 167) in RGB.

No, #838aa7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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