#84839d

Color #84839d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#84839d

RGB

rgb(132, 131, 157)

HSL

hsl(242.3, 11.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.3, 16.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(55.66, 5.91, -13.71)

LCH

lch(55.66, 14.93, 293.32)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0389, 287.04)

HWB

hwb(242.3, 51.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9d83

Analogous

#838f9d

#84839d

#91839d

Triadic

#84839d

#9d8483

#839d84

Split-complementary

#84839d

#9d9183

#8f9d83

Tetradic

#84839d

#9d839c

#9c9d83

#839d84

Square

#84839d

#9d838f

#9c9d83

#839d91

Shades

Color #84839d mixed toward black.

#6b6a86

#56556b

#404050

#2b2a36

#15151b

Tints

Color #84839d mixed toward white.

#9998ad

#adacbe

#c2c1ce

#d6d6de

#ebeaef

Tones

Color #84839d mixed toward gray.

#86859b

#888799

#8a8a97

#8c8c94

#8e8e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848497 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#848496 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#849291 · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #84839d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#84839d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#84839d (#84839d) is rgb(132, 131, 157) in RGB.

No, #84839d 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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