#8494a8

Color #8494a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8494a8

RGB

rgb(132, 148, 168)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 17.1%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 21.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.7, -1.24, -12.4)

LCH

lch(60.7, 12.46, 264.29)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.035, 254.1)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 51.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89884

Analogous

#84a6a8

#8494a8

#8684a8

Triadic

#8494a8

#a88494

#94a884

Split-complementary

#8494a8

#a88684

#a6a884

Tetradic

#8494a8

#9884a8

#a89884

#94a884

Square

#8494a8

#a884a6

#a89884

#84a886

Shades

Color #8494a8 mixed toward black.

#687b92

#536275

#3e4a58

#29313b

#15191d

Tints

Color #8494a8 mixed toward white.

#98a6b6

#adb8c5

#c1c9d3

#d6dbe2

#eaedf0

Tones

Color #8494a8 mixed toward gray.

#8794a5

#8a95a2

#8d959f

#90959c

#939699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba3 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#8a89a2 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#85a09f · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8494a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8494a8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8494a8 (#8494a8) is rgb(132, 148, 168) in RGB.

No, #8494a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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