#857aa4

Color #857aa4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#857aa4

RGB

rgb(133, 122, 164)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 18.8%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 25.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(53.58, 13.13, -20.9)

LCH

lch(53.58, 24.68, 302.14)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.064, 296.44)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 47.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a47a

Analogous

#7a84a4

#857aa4

#9a7aa4

Triadic

#857aa4

#a4857a

#7aa485

Split-complementary

#857aa4

#a49a7a

#84a47a

Tetradic

#857aa4

#a47a99

#99a47a

#7aa485

Square

#857aa4

#a47a84

#99a47a

#7aa49a

Shades

Color #857aa4 mixed toward black.

#6d618e

#574d71

#413a55

#2b2739

#16131c

Tints

Color #857aa4 mixed toward white.

#9990b3

#aea6c2

#c2bdd2

#d6d3e1

#ebe9f0

Tones

Color #857aa4 mixed toward gray.

#877ea1

#88819d

#8a859a

#8c8896

#8d8c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80809b · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#818299 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#849492 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 17.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #857aa4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857aa4]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#857aa4 (#857aa4) is rgb(133, 122, 164) in RGB.

No, #857aa4 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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