#8e8db3

Color #8e8db3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8db3

RGB

rgb(142, 141, 179)

HSL

hsl(241.6, 20%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.6, 21.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(59.94, 8.57, -19.72)

LCH

lch(59.94, 21.5, 293.49)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0562, 285.92)

HWB

hwb(241.6, 55.3%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b38d

Analogous

#8d9fb3

#8e8db3

#a18db3

Triadic

#8e8db3

#b38e8d

#8db38e

Split-complementary

#8e8db3

#b3a18d

#9fb38d

Tetradic

#8e8db3

#b38db2

#b2b38d

#8db38e

Square

#8e8db3

#b38d9f

#b2b38d

#8db3a1

Shades

Color #8e8db3 mixed toward black.

#6e6d9e

#565580

#414060

#2b2b40

#161520

Tints

Color #8e8db3 mixed toward white.

#a1a0c0

#b4b3cc

#c6c6d9

#d9d9e6

#ececf2

Tones

Color #8e8db3 mixed toward gray.

#9190b0

#9493ad

#9796a9

#9a9aa6

#9d9da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eab · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea9 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#8ea4a2 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8db3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8db3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8db3 (#8e8db3) is rgb(142, 141, 179) in RGB.

No, #8e8db3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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