#8c91bd

Color #8c91bd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c91bd

RGB

rgb(140, 145, 189)

HSL

hsl(233.9, 27.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.9, 25.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(61.22, 8.05, -23.43)

LCH

lch(61.22, 24.77, 288.96)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0654, 279.42)

HWB

hwb(233.9, 54.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdb88c

Analogous

#8ca9bd

#8c91bd

#9f8cbd

Triadic

#8c91bd

#bd8c91

#91bd8c

Split-complementary

#8c91bd

#bd9f8c

#a9bd8c

Tetradic

#8c91bd

#b88cbd

#bdb88c

#91bd8c

Square

#8c91bd

#bd8ca9

#bdb88c

#8cbd9f

Shades

Color #8c91bd mixed toward black.

#6970a9

#50568b

#3c4069

#282b46

#141523

Tints

Color #8c91bd mixed toward white.

#9fa3c8

#b2b6d3

#c5c8de

#d9dae9

#ecedf4

Tones

Color #8c91bd mixed toward gray.

#9094b9

#9497b5

#989bb1

#9c9ead

#a0a1a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb4 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#8e8eb1 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8cacaa · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 16.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c91bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c91bd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c91bd (#8c91bd) is rgb(140, 145, 189) in RGB.

No, #8c91bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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