#857ebb

Color #857ebb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#857ebb

RGB

rgb(133, 126, 187)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 31%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 32.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(55.58, 16.46, -31.06)

LCH

lch(55.58, 35.15, 297.92)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0911, 288.69)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 49.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4bb7e

Analogous

#7e96bb

#857ebb

#a47ebb

Triadic

#857ebb

#bb857e

#7ebb85

Split-complementary

#857ebb

#bba47e

#96bb7e

Tetradic

#857ebb

#bb7eb4

#b4bb7e

#7ebb85

Square

#857ebb

#bb7e96

#b4bb7e

#7ebba4

Shades

Color #857ebb mixed toward black.

#655ca9

#4f4889

#3c3667

#282444

#141222

Tints

Color #857ebb mixed toward white.

#9994c6

#aea9d2

#c2bfdd

#d6d4e8

#ebeaf4

Tones

Color #857ebb mixed toward gray.

#8983b6

#8d88b1

#918dac

#9592a7

#9997a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282af · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8283ac · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#85a4a2 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857ebb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857ebb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#857ebb (#857ebb) is rgb(133, 126, 187) in RGB.

No, #857ebb 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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