#8c8a98

Color #8c8a98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8a98

RGB

rgb(140, 138, 152)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 6.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 9.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(58.06, 3.57, -7.17)

LCH

lch(58.06, 8.01, 296.47)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0208, 292.37)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 54.1%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96988a

Analogous

#8a8f98

#8c8a98

#938a98

Triadic

#8c8a98

#988c8a

#8a988c

Split-complementary

#8c8a98

#98938a

#8f988a

Tetradic

#8c8a98

#988a96

#96988a

#8a988c

Square

#8c8a98

#988a8f

#96988a

#8a9893

Shades

Color #8c8a98 mixed toward black.

#737181

#5c5b67

#45444d

#2e2d33

#17171a

Tints

Color #8c8a98 mixed toward white.

#9f9ea9

#b2b1ba

#c6c5cc

#d9d8dd

#ececee

Tones

Color #8c8a98 mixed toward gray.

#8d8b97

#8e8c96

#8f8e95

#8f8f93

#909092

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b95 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8b8b94 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#8c9292 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8a98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8a98]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c8a98 (#8c8a98) is rgb(140, 138, 152) in RGB.

No, #8c8a98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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