#8a8698

Color #8a8698

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8698

RGB

rgb(138, 134, 152)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 8%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 11.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(56.8, 5.15, -9.05)

LCH

lch(56.8, 10.41, 299.64)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0271, 295.81)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 52.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949886

Analogous

#868b98

#8a8698

#938698

Triadic

#8a8698

#988a86

#86988a

Split-complementary

#8a8698

#989386

#8b9886

Tetradic

#8a8698

#988694

#949886

#86988a

Square

#8a8698

#98868b

#949886

#869893

Shades

Color #8a8698 mixed toward black.

#726e81

#5b5867

#44424d

#2e2c33

#17161a

Tints

Color #8a8698 mixed toward white.

#9e9aa9

#b1aeba

#c5c3cc

#d8d7dd

#ecebee

Tones

Color #8a8698 mixed toward gray.

#8b8897

#8c8995

#8d8b94

#8d8c92

#8e8e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888894 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#898993 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#8a9190 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8698]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a8698 (#8a8698) is rgb(138, 134, 152) in RGB.

No, #8a8698 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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