#858594

Color #858594

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.18 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#858594

RGB

rgb(133, 133, 148)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.1%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(55.99, 3.1, -8.01)

LCH

lch(55.99, 8.59, 291.16)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.0223, 285.84)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.2%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949485

Analogous

#858d94

#858594

#8d8594

Triadic

#858594

#948585

#859485

Split-complementary

#858594

#948d85

#8d9485

Tetradic

#858594

#948594

#949485

#859485

Square

#858594

#94858d

#949485

#85948d

Shades

Color #858594 mixed toward black.

#6d6d7d

#575764

#42424b

#2c2c32

#161619

Tints

Color #858594 mixed toward white.

#9999a6

#aeaeb8

#c2c2ca

#d6d6db

#ebebed

Tones

Color #858594 mixed toward gray.

#868693

#878792

#898990

#8a8a8f

#8b8b8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858591 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#858590 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#858e8d · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #858594;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#858594]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#858594 (#858594) is rgb(133, 133, 148) in RGB.

No, #858594 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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