#839ea6

Color #839ea6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#839ea6

RGB

rgb(131, 158, 166)

HSL

hsl(193.7, 16.4%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.7, 21.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.37, -7.57, -7.29)

LCH

lch(63.37, 10.51, 223.92)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0324, 217.72)

HWB

hwb(193.7, 51.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a68b83

Analogous

#83a69c

#839ea6

#838ca6

Triadic

#839ea6

#a6839e

#9ea683

Split-complementary

#839ea6

#a6838c

#a69c83

Tetradic

#839ea6

#8b83a6

#a68b83

#9ea683

Square

#839ea6

#9c83a6

#a68b83

#8ca683

Shades

Color #839ea6 mixed toward black.

#678790

#536c73

#3e5156

#29363a

#151b1d

Tints

Color #839ea6 mixed toward white.

#98aeb5

#acbec4

#c1ced2

#d6dfe1

#eaeff0

Tones

Color #839ea6 mixed toward gray.

#869ca3

#899ba0

#8c999d

#8f989a

#919697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90a4 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8ca4 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#85a3a2 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #839ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#839ea6]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#839ea6 (#839ea6) is rgb(131, 158, 166) in RGB.

No, #839ea6 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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