#8d8f9b

Color #8d8f9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8f9b

RGB

rgb(141, 143, 155)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 6.5%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.59, 1.72, -6.59)

LCH

lch(59.59, 6.81, 284.63)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0179, 278.36)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 55.3%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b998d

Analogous

#8d969b

#8d8f9b

#928d9b

Triadic

#8d8f9b

#9b8d8f

#8f9b8d

Split-complementary

#8d8f9b

#9b928d

#969b8d

Tetradic

#8d8f9b

#998d9b

#9b998d

#8f9b8d

Square

#8d8f9b

#9b8d96

#9b998d

#8d9b92

Shades

Color #8d8f9b mixed toward black.

#737683

#5c5e69

#45474f

#2e2f35

#17181a

Tints

Color #8d8f9b mixed toward white.

#a0a2ac

#b3b4bc

#c6c7cd

#d9dade

#ececee

Tones

Color #8d8f9b mixed toward gray.

#8e909a

#8f9199

#909197

#929296

#939395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e98 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#8e8e98 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#8d9695 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8f9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8f9b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8d8f9b (#8d8f9b) is rgb(141, 143, 155) in RGB.

No, #8d8f9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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