#8a8ab7

Color #8a8ab7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.68 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8ab7

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 183)

HSL

hsl(240, 23.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 24.6%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(58.97, 9.99, -23.5)

LCH

lch(58.97, 25.54, 293.03)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0668, 284.39)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b78a

Analogous

#8aa0b7

#8a8ab7

#a08ab7

Triadic

#8a8ab7

#b78a8a

#8ab78a

Split-complementary

#8a8ab7

#b7a08a

#a0b78a

Tetradic

#8a8ab7

#b78ab7

#b7b78a

#8ab78a

Square

#8a8ab7

#b78aa0

#b7b78a

#8ab7a0

Shades

Color #8a8ab7 mixed toward black.

#6969a3

#515184

#3d3d63

#292942

#141421

Tints

Color #8a8ab7 mixed toward white.

#9d9dc3

#b1b1cf

#c4c4db

#d8d8e7

#ebebf3

Tones

Color #8a8ab7 mixed toward gray.

#8e8eb3

#9191af

#9595ac

#9999a8

#9d9da4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aad · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8a8aab · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#8aa5a4 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8ab7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8ab7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8ab7 (#8a8ab7) is rgb(138, 138, 183) in RGB.

No, #8a8ab7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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