#8e96ac

Color #8e96ac

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e96ac

RGB

rgb(142, 150, 172)

HSL

hsl(224, 15.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224, 17.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.12, 1.84, -12.46)

LCH

lch(62.12, 12.6, 278.4)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0338, 269.66)

HWB

hwb(224, 55.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca48e

Analogous

#8ea5ac

#8e96ac

#958eac

Triadic

#8e96ac

#ac8e96

#96ac8e

Split-complementary

#8e96ac

#ac958e

#a5ac8e

Tetradic

#8e96ac

#a48eac

#aca48e

#96ac8e

Square

#8e96ac

#ac8ea5

#aca48e

#8eac95

Shades

Color #8e96ac mixed toward black.

#707a96

#596179

#43495b

#2c313c

#16181e

Tints

Color #8e96ac mixed toward white.

#a1a8ba

#b4b9c8

#c7cbd6

#d9dce3

#eceef1

Tones

Color #8e96ac mixed toward gray.

#9197aa

#9398a7

#969aa5

#989ba2

#9b9ca0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292a7 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9190a6 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#8ea3a2 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e96ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e96ac]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e96ac (#8e96ac) is rgb(142, 150, 172) in RGB.

No, #8e96ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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