#8e8fb3

Color #8e8fb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8fb3

RGB

rgb(142, 143, 179)

HSL

hsl(238.4, 19.6%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.4, 20.7%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(60.47, 7.42, -18.91)

LCH

lch(60.47, 20.31, 291.42)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0532, 283.59)

HWB

hwb(238.4, 55.7%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b28e

Analogous

#8ea1b3

#8e8fb3

#9f8eb3

Triadic

#8e8fb3

#b38e8f

#8fb38e

Split-complementary

#8e8fb3

#b39f8e

#a1b38e

Tetradic

#8e8fb3

#b28eb3

#b3b28e

#8fb38e

Square

#8e8fb3

#b38ea1

#b3b28e

#8eb39f

Shades

Color #8e8fb3 mixed toward black.

#6e6f9d

#565780

#404160

#2b2c40

#151620

Tints

Color #8e8fb3 mixed toward white.

#a1a2c0

#b4b4cc

#c6c7d9

#d9dae6

#ececf2

Tones

Color #8e8fb3 mixed toward gray.

#9192b0

#9495ad

#9798aa

#9a9ba7

#9d9da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eab · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8e8ea9 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#8ea5a3 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8fb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8fb3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8fb3 (#8e8fb3) is rgb(142, 143, 179) in RGB.

No, #8e8fb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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