#77859b

Color #77859b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 3.3 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#77859b

RGB

rgb(119, 133, 155)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 15.3%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 23.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(55.14, -0.05, -13.44)

LCH

lch(55.14, 13.44, 269.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0372, 259.32)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 46.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8d77

Analogous

#77979b

#77859b

#7b779b

Triadic

#77859b

#9b7785

#859b77

Split-complementary

#77859b

#9b7b77

#979b77

Tetradic

#77859b

#8d779b

#9b8d77

#859b77

Square

#77859b

#9b7797

#9b8d77

#779b7b

Shades

Color #77859b mixed toward black.

#616e84

#4d5869

#3a424f

#272c35

#13161a

Tints

Color #77859b mixed toward white.

#8e99ac

#a4aebc

#bbc2cd

#d2d6de

#e8ebee

Tones

Color #77859b mixed toward gray.

#7a8698

#7d8695

#808792

#83888f

#86888c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d96 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7b95 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#789291 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 10.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #77859b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77859b]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#77859b (#77859b) is rgb(119, 133, 155) in RGB.

No, #77859b 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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