#8986a8

Color #8986a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8986a8

RGB

rgb(137, 134, 168)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 16.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 20.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(57.27, 8.39, -17.56)

LCH

lch(57.27, 19.46, 295.54)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0506, 288.9)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 52.5%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a886

Analogous

#8694a8

#8986a8

#9a86a8

Triadic

#8986a8

#a88986

#86a889

Split-complementary

#8986a8

#a89a86

#94a886

Tetradic

#8986a8

#a886a5

#a5a886

#86a889

Square

#8986a8

#a88694

#a5a886

#86a89a

Shades

Color #8986a8 mixed toward black.

#6d6992

#575475

#413f58

#2c2a3b

#16151d

Tints

Color #8986a8 mixed toward white.

#9d9ab6

#b0aec5

#c4c3d3

#d8d7e2

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8986a8 mixed toward gray.

#8b89a5

#8e8ca2

#908e9f

#92919d

#95949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a1 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#88889f · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#899a99 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8986a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8986a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8986a8 (#8986a8) is rgb(137, 134, 168) in RGB.

No, #8986a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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