#8c9baa

Color #8c9baa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9baa

RGB

rgb(140, 155, 170)

HSL

hsl(210, 15%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 17.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.28, -2.07, -9.61)

LCH

lch(63.28, 9.83, 257.84)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.028, 248.2)

HWB

hwb(210, 54.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9b8c

Analogous

#8caaaa

#8c9baa

#8c8caa

Triadic

#8c9baa

#aa8c9b

#9baa8c

Split-complementary

#8c9baa

#aa8c8c

#aaaa8c

Tetradic

#8c9baa

#9b8caa

#aa9b8c

#9baa8c

Square

#8c9baa

#aa8caa

#aa9b8c

#8caa8c

Shades

Color #8c9baa mixed toward black.

#6e8194

#586777

#424e59

#2c343b

#161a1e

Tints

Color #8c9baa mixed toward white.

#9facb8

#b2bcc6

#c6cdd5

#d9dee3

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8c9baa mixed toward gray.

#8f9ba8

#919ba5

#949ba3

#969ba0

#999b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a7 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#9291a6 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#8da4a3 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9baa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9baa]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#8c9baa (#8c9baa) is rgb(140, 155, 170) in RGB.

No, #8c9baa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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