#8990b9

Color #8990b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8990b9

RGB

rgb(137, 144, 185)

HSL

hsl(231.3, 25.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.3, 25.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(60.58, 6.71, -22.18)

LCH

lch(60.58, 23.17, 286.83)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0615, 277.01)

HWB

hwb(231.3, 53.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b289

Analogous

#89a8b9

#8990b9

#9a89b9

Triadic

#8990b9

#b98990

#90b989

Split-complementary

#8990b9

#b99a89

#a8b989

Tetradic

#8990b9

#b289b9

#b9b289

#90b989

Square

#8990b9

#b989a8

#b9b289

#89b99a

Shades

Color #8990b9 mixed toward black.

#6770a5

#505887

#3c4265

#282c43

#141622

Tints

Color #8990b9 mixed toward white.

#9da2c5

#b0b5d0

#c4c7dc

#d8dae8

#ebecf3

Tones

Color #8990b9 mixed toward gray.

#8d93b5

#9196b1

#9598ad

#999ba9

#9d9ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cb0 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8bae · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#89a9a7 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8990b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8990b9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8990b9 (#8990b9) is rgb(137, 144, 185) in RGB.

No, #8990b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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