#0856e7

Color #0856e7

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#0856e7

RGB

rgb(8, 86, 231)

HSL

hsl(219, 93.3%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 96.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(41.96, 36.48, -78.3)

LCH

lch(41.96, 86.38, 294.98)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.2293, 262.03)

HWB

hwb(219, 3.1%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e79908

Analogous

#08c6e7

#0856e7

#2908e7

Triadic

#0856e7

#e70856

#56e708

Split-complementary

#0856e7

#e72908

#c6e708

Tetradic

#0856e7

#9908e7

#e79908

#56e708

Square

#0856e7

#e708c6

#e79908

#08e729

Shades

Color #0856e7 mixed toward black.

#0748c1

#05399a

#042b74

#031d4d

#010e27

Tints

Color #0856e7 mixed toward white.

#256ff7

#518bf9

#7ca8fa

#a8c5fc

#d3e2fd

Tones

Color #0856e7 mixed toward gray.

#1b5cd5

#2d61c2

#4067af

#526c9d

#65728a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3ad0 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#3630c9 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#14bab5 · ΔE 44.8

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0856e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0856e7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0856e7 (#0856e7) is rgb(8, 86, 231) in RGB.

No, #0856e7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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