#8a9ad4

Color #8a9ad4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.12 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9ad4

RGB

rgb(138, 154, 212)

HSL

hsl(227, 46.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 34.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(64.38, 8.2, -31.45)

LCH

lch(64.38, 32.5, 284.61)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0875, 272.1)

HWB

hwb(227, 54.1%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4c48a

Analogous

#8abfd4

#8a9ad4

#9f8ad4

Triadic

#8a9ad4

#d48a9a

#9ad48a

Split-complementary

#8a9ad4

#d49f8a

#bfd48a

Tetradic

#8a9ad4

#c48ad4

#d4c48a

#9ad48a

Square

#8a9ad4

#d48abf

#d4c48a

#8ad49f

Shades

Color #8a9ad4 mixed toward black.

#5f75c4

#3f56ab

#2f4180

#1f2b55

#10162b

Tints

Color #8a9ad4 mixed toward white.

#9dabdb

#b1bce2

#c4ccea

#d8ddf1

#ebeef8

Tones

Color #8a9ad4 mixed toward gray.

#909dce

#96a1c8

#9ca4c1

#a3a8bb

#a9abb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191c8 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#908fc5 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#8bbebb · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9ad4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9ad4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8a9ad4 (#8a9ad4) is rgb(138, 154, 212) in RGB.

No, #8a9ad4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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