#8e89ca

Color #8e89ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e89ca

RGB

rgb(142, 137, 202)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 38%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 32.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(59.8, 16.54, -32.94)

LCH

lch(59.8, 36.86, 296.66)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0957, 287.01)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 53.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5ca89

Analogous

#89a5ca

#8e89ca

#af89ca

Triadic

#8e89ca

#ca8e89

#89ca8e

Split-complementary

#8e89ca

#caaf89

#a5ca89

Tetradic

#8e89ca

#ca89c5

#c5ca89

#89ca8e

Square

#8e89ca

#ca89a5

#c5ca89

#89caaf

Shades

Color #8e89ca mixed toward black.

#6962b9

#4d469c

#3a3575

#26234e

#131227

Tints

Color #8e89ca mixed toward white.

#a19dd3

#b4b0dc

#c7c4e5

#d9d8ed

#ecebf6

Tones

Color #8e89ca mixed toward gray.

#938fc5

#9794bf

#9c99ba

#a09fb4

#a5a4af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cbd · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8dba · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#8eb2af · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e89ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e89ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e89ca (#8e89ca) is rgb(142, 137, 202) in RGB.

No, #8e89ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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