#8d8aac

Color #8d8aac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8aac

RGB

rgb(141, 138, 172)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 17%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 19.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(58.81, 8.33, -17.47)

LCH

lch(58.81, 19.35, 295.49)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0504, 288.97)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 54.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9ac8a

Analogous

#8a98ac

#8d8aac

#9e8aac

Triadic

#8d8aac

#ac8d8a

#8aac8d

Split-complementary

#8d8aac

#ac9e8a

#98ac8a

Tetradic

#8d8aac

#ac8aa9

#a9ac8a

#8aac8d

Square

#8d8aac

#ac8a98

#a9ac8a

#8aac9e

Shades

Color #8d8aac mixed toward black.

#706c97

#595679

#43405b

#2c2b3c

#16151e

Tints

Color #8d8aac mixed toward white.

#a09eba

#b3b1c8

#c6c5d6

#d9d8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8d8aac mixed toward gray.

#8f8da9

#9290a6

#9493a4

#9695a1

#99989e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca5 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8c8ca3 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#8d9e9d · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 14.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8aac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8aac]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8d8aac (#8d8aac) is rgb(141, 138, 172) in RGB.

No, #8d8aac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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