#817e9b

Color #817e9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#817e9b

RGB

rgb(129, 126, 155)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 12.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 18.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(53.98, 7.34, -15.11)

LCH

lch(53.98, 16.8, 295.91)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0437, 289.8)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 49.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989b7e

Analogous

#7e899b

#817e9b

#907e9b

Triadic

#817e9b

#9b817e

#7e9b81

Split-complementary

#817e9b

#9b907e

#899b7e

Tetradic

#817e9b

#9b7e98

#989b7e

#7e9b81

Square

#817e9b

#9b7e89

#989b7e

#7e9b90

Shades

Color #817e9b mixed toward black.

#696684

#54526a

#3f3d4f

#2a2935

#15141a

Tints

Color #817e9b mixed toward white.

#9693ac

#aba9bc

#c0becd

#d5d4de

#eae9ee

Tones

Color #817e9b mixed toward gray.

#838099

#858396

#878594

#898891

#8b8a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808095 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#808093 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#818f8e · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #817e9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817e9b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#817e9b (#817e9b) is rgb(129, 126, 155) in RGB.

No, #817e9b 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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