#8a85a8

Color #8a85a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a85a8

RGB

rgb(138, 133, 168)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 16.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 20.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(57.08, 9.3, -17.83)

LCH

lch(57.08, 20.11, 297.55)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0523, 291.41)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 52.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a885

Analogous

#8591a8

#8a85a8

#9b85a8

Triadic

#8a85a8

#a88a85

#85a88a

Split-complementary

#8a85a8

#a89b85

#91a885

Tetradic

#8a85a8

#a885a3

#a3a885

#85a88a

Square

#8a85a8

#a88591

#a3a885

#85a89b

Shades

Color #8a85a8 mixed toward black.

#6e6892

#585475

#423f58

#2c2a3b

#16151d

Tints

Color #8a85a8 mixed toward white.

#9d99b6

#b1aec5

#c4c2d3

#d8d6e2

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8a85a8 mixed toward gray.

#8c88a5

#8e8ba2

#908e9f

#92919c

#949499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a0 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#88899f · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8a9a99 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a85a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a85a8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a85a8 (#8a85a8) is rgb(138, 133, 168) in RGB.

No, #8a85a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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