#8496af

Color #8496af

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8496af

RGB

rgb(132, 150, 175)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 21.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 24.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(61.49, -0.7, -15.17)

LCH

lch(61.49, 15.19, 267.36)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0425, 256.68)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 51.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9d84

Analogous

#84acaf

#8496af

#8884af

Triadic

#8496af

#af8496

#96af84

Split-complementary

#8496af

#af8884

#acaf84

Tetradic

#8496af

#9d84af

#af9d84

#96af84

Square

#8496af

#af84ac

#af9d84

#84af88

Shades

Color #8496af mixed toward black.

#657c9b

#51637c

#3c4a5d

#28313e

#14191f

Tints

Color #8496af mixed toward white.

#98a7bc

#adb9ca

#c1cad7

#d6dce4

#eaedf2

Tones

Color #8496af mixed toward gray.

#8897ab

#8b97a8

#8f98a4

#9298a1

#96999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca9 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8aa8 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#85a5a4 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8496af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8496af]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8496af (#8496af) is rgb(132, 150, 175) in RGB.

No, #8496af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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