#8a8895

Color #8a8895

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8895

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 149)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 5.8%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 8.7%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.25, 3.37, -6.66)

LCH

lch(57.25, 7.46, 296.84)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0193, 292.85)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 53.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#939588

Analogous

#888d95

#8a8895

#918895

Triadic

#8a8895

#958a88

#88958a

Split-complementary

#8a8895

#959188

#8d9588

Tetradic

#8a8895

#958893

#939588

#88958a

Square

#8a8895

#95888d

#939588

#889591

Shades

Color #8a8895 mixed toward black.

#72707e

#5b5a65

#44434b

#2e2d32

#171619

Tints

Color #8a8895 mixed toward white.

#9e9ca7

#b1b0b8

#c5c4ca

#d8d7dc

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8a8895 mixed toward gray.

#8b8994

#8c8a93

#8c8b92

#8d8c91

#8e8d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898992 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#898991 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#8a908f · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8895;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8895]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a8895 (#8a8895) is rgb(138, 136, 149) in RGB.

No, #8a8895 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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