#8ba7b7

Color #8ba7b7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba7b7

RGB

rgb(139, 167, 183)

HSL

hsl(201.8, 23.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.8, 24%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 8.7%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(66.93, -6.01, -11.42)

LCH

lch(66.93, 12.9, 242.24)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0389, 233.16)

HWB

hwb(201.8, 54.5%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b79b8b

Analogous

#8bb7b1

#8ba7b7

#8b91b7

Triadic

#8ba7b7

#b78ba7

#a7b78b

Split-complementary

#8ba7b7

#b78b91

#b7b18b

Tetradic

#8ba7b7

#9b8bb7

#b79b8b

#a7b78b

Square

#8ba7b7

#b18bb7

#b79b8b

#91b78b

Shades

Color #8ba7b7 mixed toward black.

#6a8ea2

#527284

#3e5663

#293942

#151d21

Tints

Color #8ba7b7 mixed toward white.

#9eb6c3

#b2c4cf

#c5d3db

#d8e2e7

#ecf0f3

Tones

Color #8ba7b7 mixed toward gray.

#8fa6b3

#92a5b0

#96a4ac

#9aa3a8

#9da2a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898b3 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#9694b2 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#8db0b0 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba7b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba7b7]

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Frequently asked questions

#8ba7b7 (#8ba7b7) is rgb(139, 167, 183) in RGB.

No, #8ba7b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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