#8f87aa

Color #8f87aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f87aa

RGB

rgb(143, 135, 170)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 17.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 20.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(58.1, 10.27, -17.38)

LCH

lch(58.1, 20.19, 300.58)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0525, 295.39)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 52.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2aa87

Analogous

#8790aa

#8f87aa

#a087aa

Triadic

#8f87aa

#aa8f87

#87aa8f

Split-complementary

#8f87aa

#aaa087

#90aa87

Tetradic

#8f87aa

#aa87a2

#a2aa87

#87aa8f

Square

#8f87aa

#aa8790

#a2aa87

#87aaa0

Shades

Color #8f87aa mixed toward black.

#736995

#5c5477

#453f59

#2e2a3c

#17151e

Tints

Color #8f87aa mixed toward white.

#a29bb8

#b4afc6

#c7c3d5

#dad7e3

#ecebf1

Tones

Color #8f87aa mixed toward gray.

#918aa7

#928da4

#9490a1

#95939e

#97969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca2 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8c8da1 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#8f9c9b · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f87aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f87aa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8f87aa (#8f87aa) is rgb(143, 135, 170) in RGB.

No, #8f87aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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