#8c9ea9

Color #8c9ea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9ea9

RGB

rgb(140, 158, 169)

HSL

hsl(202.8, 14.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.8, 17.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.07, -3.95, -7.86)

LCH

lch(64.07, 8.8, 243.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0261, 234.67)

HWB

hwb(202.8, 54.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9978c

Analogous

#8ca9a6

#8c9ea9

#8c90a9

Triadic

#8c9ea9

#a98c9e

#9ea98c

Split-complementary

#8c9ea9

#a98c90

#a9a68c

Tetradic

#8c9ea9

#978ca9

#a9978c

#9ea98c

Square

#8c9ea9

#a68ca9

#a9978c

#90a98c

Shades

Color #8c9ea9 mixed toward black.

#6f8593

#586b76

#425058

#2c353b

#161b1d

Tints

Color #8c9ea9 mixed toward white.

#9faeb7

#b2bec6

#c6cfd4

#d9dfe2

#eceff1

Tones

Color #8c9ea9 mixed toward gray.

#8e9da7

#919da4

#939ca2

#969c9f

#989b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a6 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#9392a6 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#8da4a4 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9ea9]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c9ea9 (#8c9ea9) is rgb(140, 158, 169) in RGB.

No, #8c9ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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