#8b8ea2

Color #8b8ea2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.38 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8ea2

RGB

rgb(139, 142, 162)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 11%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 14.2%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(59.38, 3.11, -10.91)

LCH

lch(59.38, 11.34, 285.91)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0299, 278.86)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 54.5%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29f8b

Analogous

#8b99a2

#8b8ea2

#938ba2

Triadic

#8b8ea2

#a28b8e

#8ea28b

Split-complementary

#8b8ea2

#a2938b

#99a28b

Tetradic

#8b8ea2

#9f8ba2

#a29f8b

#8ea28b

Square

#8b8ea2

#a28b99

#a29f8b

#8ba293

Shades

Color #8b8ea2 mixed toward black.

#70738b

#595c6f

#434553

#2d2e38

#16171c

Tints

Color #8b8ea2 mixed toward white.

#9ea1b1

#b2b4c1

#c5c6d0

#d8d9e0

#ececef

Tones

Color #8b8ea2 mixed toward gray.

#8d8fa0

#8f919e

#91929c

#93949a

#959598

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9d · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#8c8c9c · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#8b9a99 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8ea2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b8ea2 (#8b8ea2) is rgb(139, 142, 162) in RGB.

No, #8b8ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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