#8f88ae

Color #8f88ae

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.33 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8f88ae

RGB

rgb(143, 136, 174)

HSL

hsl(251.1, 19%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.1, 21.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(58.51, 10.61, -19.04)

LCH

lch(58.51, 21.8, 299.13)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0566, 293.21)

HWB

hwb(251.1, 53.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ae88

Analogous

#8894ae

#8f88ae

#a288ae

Triadic

#8f88ae

#ae8f88

#88ae8f

Split-complementary

#8f88ae

#aea288

#94ae88

Tetradic

#8f88ae

#ae88a7

#a7ae88

#88ae8f

Square

#8f88ae

#ae8894

#a7ae88

#88aea2

Shades

Color #8f88ae mixed toward black.

#726999

#5b547b

#443f5c

#2d2a3d

#17151f

Tints

Color #8f88ae mixed toward white.

#a29cbc

#b4b0c9

#c7c4d7

#dad7e4

#ecebf2

Tones

Color #8f88ae mixed toward gray.

#918bab

#938ea8

#9592a5

#9795a1

#99989e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca6 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8da4 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#8f9f9d · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f88ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f88ae]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8f88ae (#8f88ae) is rgb(143, 136, 174) in RGB.

No, #8f88ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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