#8c8f9f

Color #8c8f9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.26 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8f9f

RGB

rgb(140, 143, 159)

HSL

hsl(230.5, 9%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.5, 11.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.64, 2.23, -8.81)

LCH

lch(59.64, 9.09, 284.2)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0239, 277.21)

HWB

hwb(230.5, 54.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9c8c

Analogous

#8c989f

#8c8f9f

#928c9f

Triadic

#8c8f9f

#9f8c8f

#8f9f8c

Split-complementary

#8c8f9f

#9f928c

#989f8c

Tetradic

#8c8f9f

#9c8c9f

#9f9c8c

#8f9f8c

Square

#8c8f9f

#9f8c98

#9f9c8c

#8c9f92

Shades

Color #8c8f9f mixed toward black.

#717588

#5b5d6d

#444651

#2d2f36

#17171b

Tints

Color #8c8f9f mixed toward white.

#9fa2af

#b2b4bf

#c5c7cf

#d9dadf

#ececef

Tones

Color #8c8f9f mixed toward gray.

#8e909d

#8f919c

#91929a

#929399

#949497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9b · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#8d8d9a · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#8c9898 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 7.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8f9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8f9f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c8f9f (#8c8f9f) is rgb(140, 143, 159) in RGB.

No, #8c8f9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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