#827ea9

Color #827ea9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#827ea9

RGB

rgb(130, 126, 169)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 20%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 25.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(54.59, 11.01, -22.28)

LCH

lch(54.59, 24.85, 296.3)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0647, 288.58)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 49.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a97e

Analogous

#7e8fa9

#827ea9

#977ea9

Triadic

#827ea9

#a9827e

#7ea982

Split-complementary

#827ea9

#a9977e

#8fa97e

Tetradic

#827ea9

#a97ea5

#a5a97e

#7ea982

Square

#827ea9

#a97e8f

#a5a97e

#7ea997

Shades

Color #827ea9 mixed toward black.

#676293

#524f76

#3e3b58

#29273b

#15141d

Tints

Color #827ea9 mixed toward white.

#9793b7

#aca9c6

#c0bed4

#d5d4e2

#eae9f1

Tones

Color #827ea9 mixed toward gray.

#8581a5

#8885a2

#8b899e

#8e8c9b

#909097

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080a0 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#81819e · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#829897 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #827ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#827ea9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#827ea9 (#827ea9) is rgb(130, 126, 169) in RGB.

No, #827ea9 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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