#8c84aa

Color #8c84aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c84aa

RGB

rgb(140, 132, 170)

HSL

hsl(252.6, 18.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.6, 22.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(57.06, 11.01, -19)

LCH

lch(57.06, 21.96, 300.09)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.057, 294.36)

HWB

hwb(252.6, 51.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2aa84

Analogous

#848faa

#8c84aa

#9f84aa

Triadic

#8c84aa

#aa8c84

#84aa8c

Split-complementary

#8c84aa

#aa9f84

#8faa84

Tetradic

#8c84aa

#aa84a2

#a2aa84

#84aa8c

Square

#8c84aa

#aa848f

#a2aa84

#84aa9f

Shades

Color #8c84aa mixed toward black.

#706795

#5a5277

#433e59

#2d293c

#16151e

Tints

Color #8c84aa mixed toward white.

#9f98b8

#b2adc6

#c5c1d4

#d9d6e3

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8c84aa mixed toward gray.

#8e87a7

#908aa4

#918da0

#93919d

#95949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a2 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#898aa0 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#8c9b99 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c84aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c84aa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8c84aa (#8c84aa) is rgb(140, 132, 170) in RGB.

No, #8c84aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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