#8585a0

Color #8585a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8585a0

RGB

rgb(133, 133, 160)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.4%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16.9%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(56.39, 5.78, -14.33)

LCH

lch(56.39, 15.45, 291.97)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0403, 285.24)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.2%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a085

Analogous

#8593a0

#8585a0

#9385a0

Triadic

#8585a0

#a08585

#85a085

Split-complementary

#8585a0

#a09385

#93a085

Tetradic

#8585a0

#a085a0

#a0a085

#85a085

Square

#8585a0

#a08593

#a0a085

#85a093

Shades

Color #8585a0 mixed toward black.

#6b6b89

#56566e

#404052

#2b2b37

#15151b

Tints

Color #8585a0 mixed toward white.

#9999b0

#aeaec0

#c2c2d0

#d6d6df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #8585a0 mixed toward gray.

#87879e

#8a8a9c

#8c8c99

#8e8e97

#909095

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85859a · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#858599 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#859594 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8585a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8585a0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8585a0 (#8585a0) is rgb(133, 133, 160) in RGB.

No, #8585a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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