#857b88

Color #857b88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.55 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#857b88

RGB

rgb(133, 123, 136)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 5.2%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 9.6%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(52.87, 6.36, -5.67)

LCH

lch(52.87, 8.52, 318.28)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0227, 318.39)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 48.2%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e887b

Analogous

#7f7b88

#857b88

#887b85

Triadic

#857b88

#88857b

#7b8885

Split-complementary

#857b88

#85887b

#7b887f

Tetradic

#857b88

#887b7e

#7e887b

#7b8885

Square

#857b88

#887f7b

#7e887b

#7b8588

Shades

Color #857b88 mixed toward black.

#6f6672

#59525b

#433d44

#2c292d

#161417

Tints

Color #857b88 mixed toward white.

#99919c

#aea7b0

#c2bdc4

#d6d3d7

#ebe9eb

Tones

Color #857b88 mixed toward gray.

#847c87

#847d86

#837e85

#837f84

#828083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818185 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#818284 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#858382 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #857b88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857b88]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#857b88 (#857b88) is rgb(133, 123, 136) in RGB.

No, #857b88 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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