#8a8aa2

Color #8a8aa2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8aa2

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 162)

HSL

hsl(240, 11.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(58.22, 5.05, -12.68)

LCH

lch(58.22, 13.65, 291.72)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0356, 285.33)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a28a

Analogous

#8a96a2

#8a8aa2

#968aa2

Triadic

#8a8aa2

#a28a8a

#8aa28a

Split-complementary

#8a8aa2

#a2968a

#96a28a

Tetradic

#8a8aa2

#a28aa2

#a2a28a

#8aa28a

Square

#8a8aa2

#a28a96

#a2a28a

#8aa296

Shades

Color #8a8aa2 mixed toward black.

#6f6f8b

#59596f

#424254

#2c2c38

#16161c

Tints

Color #8a8aa2 mixed toward white.

#9d9db1

#b1b1c1

#c4c4d0

#d8d8e0

#ebebef

Tones

Color #8a8aa2 mixed toward gray.

#8c8ca0

#8e8e9e

#90909c

#92929a

#949498

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9d · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9b · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#8a9897 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8aa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8aa2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8aa2 (#8a8aa2) is rgb(138, 138, 162) in RGB.

No, #8a8aa2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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