#8e8ba0

Color #8e8ba0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.18 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8ba0

RGB

rgb(142, 139, 160)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 10%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 13.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(58.75, 5.41, -10.7)

LCH

lch(58.75, 11.99, 296.82)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0312, 292.04)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 54.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da08b

Analogous

#8b92a0

#8e8ba0

#988ba0

Triadic

#8e8ba0

#a08e8b

#8ba08e

Split-complementary

#8e8ba0

#a0988b

#92a08b

Tetradic

#8e8ba0

#a08b9d

#9da08b

#8ba08e

Square

#8e8ba0

#a08b92

#9da08b

#8ba098

Shades

Color #8e8ba0 mixed toward black.

#747089

#5d5a6e

#454352

#2e2d37

#17161b

Tints

Color #8e8ba0 mixed toward white.

#a19eb0

#b4b2c0

#c6c5cf

#d9d8df

#ececef

Tones

Color #8e8ba0 mixed toward gray.

#8f8d9e

#908e9c

#92909b

#939299

#949497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d9b · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#8d8d9a · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8e9796 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8ba0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8ba0]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e8ba0 (#8e8ba0) is rgb(142, 139, 160) in RGB.

No, #8e8ba0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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