#857ccb

Color #857ccb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#857ccb

RGB

rgb(133, 124, 203)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 43.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 38.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(55.8, 21.85, -39.82)

LCH

lch(55.8, 45.42, 298.75)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.1172, 287.74)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 48.6%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2cb7c

Analogous

#7c9acb

#857ccb

#ac7ccb

Triadic

#857ccb

#cb857c

#7ccb85

Split-complementary

#857ccb

#cbac7c

#9acb7c

Tetradic

#857ccb

#cb7cc2

#c2cb7c

#7ccb85

Square

#857ccb

#cb7c9a

#c2cb7c

#7ccbac

Shades

Color #857ccb mixed toward black.

#6155bc

#493e9c

#362e75

#241f4e

#120f27

Tints

Color #857ccb mixed toward white.

#9992d4

#aea8dc

#c2bde5

#d6d3ee

#ebe9f6

Tones

Color #857ccb mixed toward gray.

#8a82c4

#8f89be

#9490b7

#9996b1

#9e9daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181bc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8282b8 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#85aeab · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857ccb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857ccb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#857ccb (#857ccb) is rgb(133, 124, 203) in RGB.

No, #857ccb 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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