#857b8d

Color #857b8d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#857b8d

RGB

rgb(133, 123, 141)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 7.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 12.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(53.03, 7.39, -8.35)

LCH

lch(53.03, 11.15, 311.51)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0293, 310.16)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 48.2%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838d7b

Analogous

#7c7b8d

#857b8d

#8d7b8c

Triadic

#857b8d

#8d857b

#7b8d85

Split-complementary

#857b8d

#8c8d7b

#7b8d7c

Tetradic

#857b8d

#8d7b83

#838d7b

#7b8d85

Square

#857b8d

#8d7c7b

#838d7b

#7b8c8d

Shades

Color #857b8d mixed toward black.

#6f6676

#59525e

#433d47

#2c292f

#161418

Tints

Color #857b8d mixed toward white.

#9991a0

#aea7b3

#c2bdc6

#d6d3d9

#ebe9ec

Tones

Color #857b8d mixed toward gray.

#857d8c

#857e8a

#858089

#848187

#848386

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818189 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#818288 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#858685 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #857b8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857b8d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#857b8d (#857b8d) is rgb(133, 123, 141) in RGB.

No, #857b8d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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