#8a8ea3

Color #8a8ea3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.28 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8ea3

RGB

rgb(138, 142, 163)

HSL

hsl(230.4, 12%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.4, 15.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(59.34, 3, -11.56)

LCH

lch(59.34, 11.94, 284.55)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0315, 276.92)

HWB

hwb(230.4, 54.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39f8a

Analogous

#8a9aa3

#8a8ea3

#928aa3

Triadic

#8a8ea3

#a38a8e

#8ea38a

Split-complementary

#8a8ea3

#a3928a

#9aa38a

Tetradic

#8a8ea3

#9f8aa3

#a39f8a

#8ea38a

Square

#8a8ea3

#a38a9a

#a39f8a

#8aa392

Shades

Color #8a8ea3 mixed toward black.

#6e738c

#585c70

#424554

#2c2e38

#16171c

Tints

Color #8a8ea3 mixed toward white.

#9da1b2

#b1b4c2

#c4c6d1

#d8d9e0

#ebecf0

Tones

Color #8a8ea3 mixed toward gray.

#8c8fa1

#8e919f

#90929d

#92949b

#949599

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9e · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#8c8b9d · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8a9a99 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8ea3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a8ea3 (#8a8ea3) is rgb(138, 142, 163) in RGB.

No, #8a8ea3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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