#857d8e

Color #857d8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#857d8e

RGB

rgb(133, 125, 142)

HSL

hsl(268.2, 7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.2, 12%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.61, 6.44, -8.08)

LCH

lch(53.61, 10.33, 308.56)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0271, 306.74)

HWB

hwb(268.2, 49%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868e7d

Analogous

#7d7e8e

#857d8e

#8e7d8e

Triadic

#857d8e

#8e857d

#7d8e85

Split-complementary

#857d8e

#8e8e7d

#7e8e7d

Tetradic

#857d8e

#8e7d86

#868e7d

#7d8e85

Square

#857d8e

#8e7d7e

#868e7d

#7d8e8e

Shades

Color #857d8e mixed toward black.

#6f6877

#59535f

#433e47

#2c2930

#161518

Tints

Color #857d8e mixed toward white.

#9993a1

#aea8b4

#c2bec7

#d6d4d9

#ebe9ec

Tones

Color #857d8e mixed toward gray.

#857f8d

#85808b

#85818a

#858388

#868487

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

#82828a · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#828389 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#858786 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #857d8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857d8e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#857d8e (#857d8e) is rgb(133, 125, 142) in RGB.

No, #857d8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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