#8f84b3

Color #8f84b3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 20.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f84b3

RGB

rgb(143, 132, 179)

HSL

hsl(254, 23.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254, 26.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(57.65, 14.09, -23.21)

LCH

lch(57.65, 27.15, 301.26)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0704, 295.04)

HWB

hwb(254, 51.8%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b384

Analogous

#8491b3

#8f84b3

#a784b3

Triadic

#8f84b3

#b38f84

#84b38f

Split-complementary

#8f84b3

#b3a784

#91b384

Tetradic

#8f84b3

#b384a8

#a8b384

#84b38f

Square

#8f84b3

#b38491

#a8b384

#84b3a7

Shades

Color #8f84b3 mixed toward black.

#72649f

#5b4f80

#443b60

#2d2840

#171420

Tints

Color #8f84b3 mixed toward white.

#a299c0

#b4adcc

#c7c2d9

#dad6e6

#ecebf2

Tones

Color #8f84b3 mixed toward gray.

#9188af

#938cab

#9590a7

#9794a3

#99989f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa9 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8ca7 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#8ea19f · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f84b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f84b3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Medium Purple #9370db

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8f84b3 (#8f84b3) is rgb(143, 132, 179) in RGB.

No, #8f84b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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