#8a879f

Color #8a879f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a879f

RGB

rgb(138, 135, 159)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 11.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 15.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.3, 6.11, -12.33)

LCH

lch(57.3, 13.76, 296.36)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0358, 291.12)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 52.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9f87

Analogous

#87909f

#8a879f

#96879f

Triadic

#8a879f

#9f8a87

#879f8a

Split-complementary

#8a879f

#9f9687

#909f87

Tetradic

#8a879f

#9f879c

#9c9f87

#879f8a

Square

#8a879f

#9f8790

#9c9f87

#879f96

Shades

Color #8a879f mixed toward black.

#706d88

#5a576d

#434152

#2d2c36

#16161b

Tints

Color #8a879f mixed toward white.

#9d9baf

#b1afbf

#c4c3cf

#d8d7df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #8a879f mixed toward gray.

#8b899d

#8d8b9b

#8e8d99

#908f97

#919195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89899a · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#898998 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#8a9594 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a879f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a879f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a879f (#8a879f) is rgb(138, 135, 159) in RGB.

No, #8a879f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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