#8c95b8

Color #8c95b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c95b8

RGB

rgb(140, 149, 184)

HSL

hsl(227.7, 23.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.7, 23.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 19%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(62.11, 4.56, -19.26)

LCH

lch(62.11, 19.79, 283.32)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0528, 273.58)

HWB

hwb(227.7, 54.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8af8c

Analogous

#8cabb8

#8c95b8

#998cb8

Triadic

#8c95b8

#b88c95

#95b88c

Split-complementary

#8c95b8

#b8998c

#abb88c

Tetradic

#8c95b8

#af8cb8

#b8af8c

#95b88c

Square

#8c95b8

#b88cab

#b8af8c

#8cb899

Shades

Color #8c95b8 mixed toward black.

#6a76a3

#525d86

#3e4664

#292e43

#151721

Tints

Color #8c95b8 mixed toward white.

#9fa7c4

#b2b8d0

#c5cadb

#d9dce7

#ecedf3

Tones

Color #8c95b8 mixed toward gray.

#9097b4

#9399b1

#979bad

#9b9ea9

#9ea0a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b0 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8fae · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8caaa9 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c95b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c95b8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8c95b8 (#8c95b8) is rgb(140, 149, 184) in RGB.

No, #8c95b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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