#8f8aaa

Color #8f8aaa

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8aaa

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 170)

HSL

hsl(249.4, 15.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.4, 18.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(58.9, 8.54, -16.17)

LCH

lch(58.9, 18.29, 297.84)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0475, 292.14)

HWB

hwb(249.4, 54.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5aa8a

Analogous

#8a95aa

#8f8aaa

#9f8aaa

Triadic

#8f8aaa

#aa8f8a

#8aaa8f

Split-complementary

#8f8aaa

#aa9f8a

#95aa8a

Tetradic

#8f8aaa

#aa8aa5

#a5aa8a

#8aaa8f

Square

#8f8aaa

#aa8a95

#a5aa8a

#8aaa9f

Shades

Color #8f8aaa mixed toward black.

#736c94

#5c5677

#454159

#2e2b3b

#17161e

Tints

Color #8f8aaa mixed toward white.

#a29eb8

#b4b1c6

#c7c5d4

#dad8e3

#ececf1

Tones

Color #8f8aaa mixed toward gray.

#918da7

#938fa5

#9592a2

#96959f

#98979d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8da3 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8ea1 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#8f9d9c · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8aaa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f8aaa (#8f8aaa) is rgb(143, 138, 170) in RGB.

No, #8f8aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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