#8d8d9f

Color #8d8d9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.98 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8d9f

RGB

rgb(141, 141, 159)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.6%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.17, 3.71, -9.5)

LCH

lch(59.17, 10.2, 291.33)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0266, 285.71)

HWB

hwb(240, 55.3%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9f8d

Analogous

#8d969f

#8d8d9f

#968d9f

Triadic

#8d8d9f

#9f8d8d

#8d9f8d

Split-complementary

#8d8d9f

#9f968d

#969f8d

Tetradic

#8d8d9f

#9f8d9f

#9f9f8d

#8d9f8d

Square

#8d8d9f

#9f8d96

#9f9f8d

#8d9f96

Shades

Color #8d8d9f mixed toward black.

#727288

#5b5b6d

#454551

#2e2e36

#17171b

Tints

Color #8d8d9f mixed toward white.

#a0a0af

#b3b3bf

#c6c6cf

#d9d9df

#ececef

Tones

Color #8d8d9f mixed toward gray.

#8e8e9d

#90909c

#91919a

#939399

#949497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9b · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#8d8d9a · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#8d9897 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8d9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8d9f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8d8d9f (#8d8d9f) is rgb(141, 141, 159) in RGB.

No, #8d8d9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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