#8896b7

Color #8896b7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8896b7

RGB

rgb(136, 150, 183)

HSL

hsl(222.1, 24.6%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.1, 25.7%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 18%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(62.05, 2.49, -18.81)

LCH

lch(62.05, 18.97, 277.54)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0516, 267)

HWB

hwb(222.1, 53.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7a988

Analogous

#88adb7

#8896b7

#9188b7

Triadic

#8896b7

#b78896

#96b788

Split-complementary

#8896b7

#b79188

#adb788

Tetradic

#8896b7

#a988b7

#b7a988

#96b788

Square

#8896b7

#b788ad

#b7a988

#88b791

Shades

Color #8896b7 mixed toward black.

#6779a3

#506084

#3c4863

#283042

#141821

Tints

Color #8896b7 mixed toward white.

#9ca7c3

#b0b9cf

#c3cadb

#d7dce7

#ebedf3

Tones

Color #8896b7 mixed toward gray.

#8c97b3

#9099af

#949bab

#989ca7

#9b9ea3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb0 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#8d8cae · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#89aaa8 · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8896b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8896b7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8896b7 (#8896b7) is rgb(136, 150, 183) in RGB.

No, #8896b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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