#8b90a9

Color #8b90a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b90a9

RGB

rgb(139, 144, 169)

HSL

hsl(230, 14.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 17.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(60.16, 3.55, -13.73)

LCH

lch(60.16, 14.18, 284.5)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0375, 276.42)

HWB

hwb(230, 54.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a48b

Analogous

#8b9fa9

#8b90a9

#958ba9

Triadic

#8b90a9

#a98b90

#90a98b

Split-complementary

#8b90a9

#a9958b

#9fa98b

Tetradic

#8b90a9

#a48ba9

#a9a48b

#90a98b

Square

#8b90a9

#a98b9f

#a9a48b

#8ba995

Shades

Color #8b90a9 mixed toward black.

#6d7493

#575c76

#424558

#2c2e3b

#16171d

Tints

Color #8b90a9 mixed toward white.

#9ea2b7

#b2b5c6

#c5c7d4

#d8dae2

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8b90a9 mixed toward gray.

#8d92a7

#9093a4

#9295a2

#95979f

#98989d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8da3 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8d8da2 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8b9f9e · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b90a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b90a9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b90a9 (#8b90a9) is rgb(139, 144, 169) in RGB.

No, #8b90a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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