#857cc4

Color #857cc4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.97 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#857cc4

RGB

rgb(133, 124, 196)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 37.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 36.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(55.47, 19.99, -36.36)

LCH

lch(55.47, 41.49, 298.8)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.1072, 288.6)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 48.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbc47c

Analogous

#7c97c4

#857cc4

#a97cc4

Triadic

#857cc4

#c4857c

#7cc485

Split-complementary

#857cc4

#c4a97c

#97c47c

Tetradic

#857cc4

#c47cbb

#bbc47c

#7cc485

Square

#857cc4

#c47c97

#bbc47c

#7cc4a9

Shades

Color #857cc4 mixed toward black.

#6357b3

#4c4293

#39326e

#262149

#131125

Tints

Color #857cc4 mixed toward white.

#9992ce

#aea8d8

#c2bde1

#d6d3eb

#ebe9f5

Tones

Color #857cc4 mixed toward gray.

#8982be

#8e88b8

#928eb2

#9794ac

#9b9aa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181b6 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#8282b2 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#85aaa7 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857cc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857cc4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#857cc4 (#857cc4) is rgb(133, 124, 196) in RGB.

No, #857cc4 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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