#8a8d9f

Color #8a8d9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.91 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8d9f

RGB

rgb(138, 141, 159)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 9.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 13.2%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(58.93, 2.68, -9.88)

LCH

lch(58.93, 10.24, 285.18)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.027, 278.1)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 54.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9c8a

Analogous

#8a979f

#8a8d9f

#918a9f

Triadic

#8a8d9f

#9f8a8d

#8d9f8a

Split-complementary

#8a8d9f

#9f918a

#979f8a

Tetradic

#8a8d9f

#9c8a9f

#9f9c8a

#8d9f8a

Square

#8a8d9f

#9f8a97

#9f9c8a

#8a9f91

Shades

Color #8a8d9f mixed toward black.

#6f7388

#595c6d

#434552

#2d2e36

#16171b

Tints

Color #8a8d9f mixed toward white.

#9da0af

#b1b3bf

#c4c6cf

#d8d9df

#ebecef

Tones

Color #8a8d9f mixed toward gray.

#8c8e9d

#8d8f9b

#8f919a

#919298

#939396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9b · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8b9a · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#8a9897 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8d9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8d9f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a8d9f (#8a8d9f) is rgb(138, 141, 159) in RGB.

No, #8a8d9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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