#8c9399

Color #8c9399

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.15 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9399

RGB

rgb(140, 147, 153)

HSL

hsl(207.7, 6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.7, 8.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(60.55, -1.3, -4.04)

LCH

lch(60.55, 4.24, 252.16)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.012, 243.86)

HWB

hwb(207.7, 54.9%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99928c

Analogous

#8c9999

#8c9399

#8c8d99

Triadic

#8c9399

#998c93

#93998c

Split-complementary

#8c9399

#998c8d

#99998c

Tetradic

#8c9399

#928c99

#99928c

#93998c

Square

#8c9399

#998c99

#99928c

#8d998c

Shades

Color #8c9399 mixed toward black.

#737b82

#5c6268

#454a4e

#2e3134

#17191a

Tints

Color #8c9399 mixed toward white.

#9fa5aa

#b2b7bb

#c6c9cc

#d9dbdd

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8c9399 mixed toward gray.

#8d9398

#8e9397

#8f9396

#909395

#929394

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f98 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8f8e97 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8c9696 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9399;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9399]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c9399 (#8c9399) is rgb(140, 147, 153) in RGB.

No, #8c9399 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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