#8b8d9a

Color #8b8d9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.48 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8d9a

RGB

rgb(139, 141, 154)

HSL

hsl(232, 6.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232, 9.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(58.86, 1.94, -7.13)

LCH

lch(58.86, 7.39, 285.22)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0194, 278.88)

HWB

hwb(232, 54.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a988b

Analogous

#8b959a

#8b8d9a

#918b9a

Triadic

#8b8d9a

#9a8b8d

#8d9a8b

Split-complementary

#8b8d9a

#9a918b

#959a8b

Tetradic

#8b8d9a

#988b9a

#9a988b

#8d9a8b

Square

#8b8d9a

#9a8b95

#9a988b

#8b9a91

Shades

Color #8b8d9a mixed toward black.

#727483

#5b5d68

#44464e

#2e2e34

#17171a

Tints

Color #8b8d9a mixed toward white.

#9ea0ab

#b2b3bc

#c5c6cd

#d8d9dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8b8d9a mixed toward gray.

#8c8e99

#8e8f98

#8f9096

#909195

#919294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c97 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#8c8c96 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#8b9594 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8d9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8d9a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b8d9a (#8b8d9a) is rgb(139, 141, 154) in RGB.

No, #8b8d9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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