#817cac

Color #817cac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.33 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#817cac

RGB

rgb(129, 124, 172)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 22.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 27.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 27.9%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(54.09, 12.61, -24.78)

LCH

lch(54.09, 27.8, 296.97)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0723, 288.81)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 48.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ac7c

Analogous

#7c8fac

#817cac

#997cac

Triadic

#817cac

#ac817c

#7cac81

Split-complementary

#817cac

#ac997c

#8fac7c

Tetradic

#817cac

#ac7ca7

#a7ac7c

#7cac81

Square

#817cac

#ac7c8f

#a7ac7c

#7cac99

Shades

Color #817cac mixed toward black.

#656097

#514d79

#3d395b

#29263c

#14131e

Tints

Color #817cac mixed toward white.

#9692ba

#aba8c8

#c0bdd5

#d5d3e3

#eae9f1

Tones

Color #817cac mixed toward gray.

#8480a8

#8784a4

#8a88a0

#8e8c9c

#919098

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa2 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7f80a0 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#819a98 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #817cac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817cac]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#817cac (#817cac) is rgb(129, 124, 172) in RGB.

No, #817cac 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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