#83939d

Color #83939d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#83939d

RGB

rgb(131, 147, 157)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 11.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 16.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(60, -3.53, -7.2)

LCH

lch(60, 8.02, 243.88)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0237, 235.3)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 51.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d8d83

Analogous

#839d9a

#83939d

#83869d

Triadic

#83939d

#9d8393

#939d83

Split-complementary

#83939d

#9d8386

#9d9a83

Tetradic

#83939d

#8d839d

#9d8d83

#939d83

Square

#83939d

#9a839d

#9d8d83

#869d83

Shades

Color #83939d mixed toward black.

#6a7b86

#55636b

#404a50

#2a3136

#15191b

Tints

Color #83939d mixed toward white.

#98a5ad

#acb7be

#c1c9ce

#d6dbde

#eaedef

Tones

Color #83939d mixed toward gray.

#85939b

#879299

#8a9297

#8c9194

#8e9192

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

#8a8a9b · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#89889a · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#849998 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83939d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83939d]

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Frequently asked questions

#83939d (#83939d) is rgb(131, 147, 157) in RGB.

No, #83939d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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