#8a889d

Color #8a889d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a889d

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 157)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 9.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 13.4%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(57.51, 5.09, -10.87)

LCH

lch(57.51, 12, 295.09)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0313, 289.83)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 53.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9d88

Analogous

#88919d

#8a889d

#95889d

Triadic

#8a889d

#9d8a88

#889d8a

Split-complementary

#8a889d

#9d9588

#919d88

Tetradic

#8a889d

#9d889b

#9b9d88

#889d8a

Square

#8a889d

#9d8891

#9b9d88

#889d95

Shades

Color #8a889d mixed toward black.

#716e86

#5a586b

#444250

#2d2c36

#17161b

Tints

Color #8a889d mixed toward white.

#9e9cad

#b1b0be

#c5c4ce

#d8d7de

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8a889d mixed toward gray.

#8c8a9b

#8d8c9a

#8e8d98

#908f96

#919194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898998 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#898997 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#8a9494 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a889d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a889d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a889d (#8a889d) is rgb(138, 136, 157) in RGB.

No, #8a889d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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