#8b899f

Color #8b899f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b899f

RGB

rgb(139, 137, 159)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 10.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 13.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.93, 5.3, -11.38)

LCH

lch(57.93, 12.55, 294.97)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0327, 289.65)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 53.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9f89

Analogous

#89929f

#8b899f

#96899f

Triadic

#8b899f

#9f8b89

#899f8b

Split-complementary

#8b899f

#9f9689

#929f89

Tetradic

#8b899f

#9f899d

#9d9f89

#899f8b

Square

#8b899f

#9f8992

#9d9f89

#899f96

Shades

Color #8b899f mixed toward black.

#716f88

#5a586d

#444252

#2d2c36

#17161b

Tints

Color #8b899f mixed toward white.

#9e9daf

#b2b0bf

#c5c4cf

#d8d8df

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8b899f mixed toward gray.

#8c8b9d

#8e8d9b

#8f8e99

#919098

#929296

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9a · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8a8a99 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#8b9695 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b899f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b899f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b899f (#8b899f) is rgb(139, 137, 159) in RGB.

No, #8b899f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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