#8796ae

Color #8796ae

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8796ae

RGB

rgb(135, 150, 174)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 19.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 22.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(61.67, 0.02, -14.31)

LCH

lch(61.67, 14.31, 270.08)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0396, 259.82)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 52.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae9f87

Analogous

#87aaae

#8796ae

#8c87ae

Triadic

#8796ae

#ae8796

#96ae87

Split-complementary

#8796ae

#ae8c87

#aaae87

Tetradic

#8796ae

#9f87ae

#ae9f87

#96ae87

Square

#8796ae

#ae87aa

#ae9f87

#87ae8c

Shades

Color #8796ae mixed toward black.

#687b99

#53627b

#3e4a5c

#2a313e

#15191f

Tints

Color #8796ae mixed toward white.

#9ba8bc

#afb9c9

#c3cbd7

#d7dce4

#ebeef2

Tones

Color #8796ae mixed toward gray.

#8a97ab

#8e98a8

#9198a4

#9499a1

#979a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea9 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8ca7 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#88a4a3 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 10.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8796ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8796ae]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8796ae (#8796ae) is rgb(135, 150, 174) in RGB.

No, #8796ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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