#8a8aab

Color #8a8aab

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8aab

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 171)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(58.53, 7.11, -17.35)

LCH

lch(58.53, 18.75, 292.28)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0489, 284.92)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abab8a

Analogous

#8a9bab

#8a8aab

#9b8aab

Triadic

#8a8aab

#ab8a8a

#8aab8a

Split-complementary

#8a8aab

#ab9b8a

#9bab8a

Tetradic

#8a8aab

#ab8aab

#abab8a

#8aab8a

Square

#8a8aab

#ab8a9b

#abab8a

#8aab9b

Shades

Color #8a8aab mixed toward black.

#6c6c95

#565678

#41415a

#2b2b3c

#16161e

Tints

Color #8a8aab mixed toward white.

#9e9eb9

#b1b1c7

#c5c5d5

#d8d8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8a8aab mixed toward gray.

#8d8da8

#9090a6

#9292a3

#9595a0

#98989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa4 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8aa2 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#8a9e9c · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 13.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8aab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8aab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8aab (#8a8aab) is rgb(138, 138, 171) in RGB.

No, #8a8aab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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