#8a869e

Color #8a869e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a869e

RGB

rgb(138, 134, 158)

HSL

hsl(250, 11%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 15.2%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(57, 6.46, -12.21)

LCH

lch(57, 13.81, 297.88)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0358, 292.99)

HWB

hwb(250, 52.5%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9e86

Analogous

#868e9e

#8a869e

#96869e

Triadic

#8a869e

#9e8a86

#869e8a

Split-complementary

#8a869e

#9e9686

#8e9e86

Tetradic

#8a869e

#9e869a

#9a9e86

#869e8a

Square

#8a869e

#9e868e

#9a9e86

#869e96

Shades

Color #8a869e mixed toward black.

#716c87

#5a576c

#444151

#2d2b36

#17161b

Tints

Color #8a869e mixed toward white.

#9e9aae

#b1aebe

#c5c3cf

#d8d7df

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8a869e mixed toward gray.

#8b889c

#8d8a9a

#8e8c98

#8f8e96

#919094

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888899 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#898997 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8a9493 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a869e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a869e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a869e (#8a869e) is rgb(138, 134, 158) in RGB.

No, #8a869e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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