#8b91c4

Color #8b91c4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.05 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b91c4

RGB

rgb(139, 145, 196)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 32.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 29.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 26%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(61.42, 9.5, -27.08)

LCH

lch(61.42, 28.7, 289.33)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0758, 278.95)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 54.5%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4be8b

Analogous

#8baec4

#8b91c4

#a28bc4

Triadic

#8b91c4

#c48b91

#91c48b

Split-complementary

#8b91c4

#c4a28b

#aec48b

Tetradic

#8b91c4

#be8bc4

#c4be8b

#91c48b

Square

#8b91c4

#c48bae

#c4be8b

#8bc4a2

Shades

Color #8b91c4 mixed toward black.

#666eb1

#4b5394

#383e6f

#26294a

#131525

Tints

Color #8b91c4 mixed toward white.

#9ea3ce

#b2b6d8

#c5c8e2

#d8daeb

#ecedf5

Tones

Color #8b91c4 mixed toward gray.

#9095bf

#9599bb

#999cb6

#9ea0b1

#a3a4ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb9 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8d8db7 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#8bb0ae · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b91c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b91c4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b91c4 (#8b91c4) is rgb(139, 145, 196) in RGB.

No, #8b91c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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