#8585a4

Color #8585a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8585a4

RGB

rgb(133, 133, 164)

HSL

hsl(240, 14.6%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(56.53, 6.71, -16.41)

LCH

lch(56.53, 17.73, 292.24)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0464, 285)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.2%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a485

Analogous

#8594a4

#8585a4

#9485a4

Triadic

#8585a4

#a48585

#85a485

Split-complementary

#8585a4

#a49485

#94a485

Tetradic

#8585a4

#a485a4

#a4a485

#85a485

Square

#8585a4

#a48594

#a4a485

#85a494

Shades

Color #8585a4 mixed toward black.

#6a6a8e

#545471

#3f3f55

#2a2a39

#15151c

Tints

Color #8585a4 mixed toward white.

#9999b3

#aeaec2

#c2c2d1

#d6d6e1

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8585a4 mixed toward gray.

#8787a1

#8a8a9f

#8d8d9c

#8f8f9a

#929297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85859d · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#85859c · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#859896 · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 13.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8585a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8585a4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8585a4 (#8585a4) is rgb(133, 133, 164) in RGB.

No, #8585a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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