#8d85ad

Color #8d85ad

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8d85ad

RGB

rgb(141, 133, 173)

HSL

hsl(252, 19.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 23.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(57.52, 11.45, -20.01)

LCH

lch(57.52, 23.05, 299.78)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0598, 293.78)

HWB

hwb(252, 52.2%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5ad85

Analogous

#8591ad

#8d85ad

#a185ad

Triadic

#8d85ad

#ad8d85

#85ad8d

Split-complementary

#8d85ad

#ada185

#91ad85

Tetradic

#8d85ad

#ad85a5

#a5ad85

#85ad8d

Square

#8d85ad

#ad8591

#a5ad85

#85ada1

Shades

Color #8d85ad mixed toward black.

#716798

#5a527a

#443e5b

#2d293d

#17151e

Tints

Color #8d85ad mixed toward white.

#a099bb

#b3aec8

#c6c2d6

#d9d6e4

#ecebf1

Tones

Color #8d85ad mixed toward gray.

#8f88aa

#918ca6

#938fa3

#9592a0

#97969c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa4 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8ba2 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#8d9d9c · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d85ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d85ad]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d85ad (#8d85ad) is rgb(141, 133, 173) in RGB.

No, #8d85ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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