#8585a8

Color #8585a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8585a8

RGB

rgb(133, 133, 168)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 20.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(56.67, 7.66, -18.49)

LCH

lch(56.67, 20.01, 292.5)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0523, 284.83)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a885

Analogous

#8596a8

#8585a8

#9685a8

Triadic

#8585a8

#a88585

#85a885

Split-complementary

#8585a8

#a89685

#96a885

Tetradic

#8585a8

#a885a8

#a8a885

#85a885

Square

#8585a8

#a88596

#a8a885

#85a896

Shades

Color #8585a8 mixed toward black.

#686892

#545475

#3f3f58

#2a2a3b

#15151d

Tints

Color #8585a8 mixed toward white.

#9999b6

#aeaec5

#c2c2d3

#d6d6e2

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #8585a8 mixed toward gray.

#8888a5

#8b8ba2

#8e8e9f

#91919c

#949499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a0 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#85859f · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#859a99 · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8585a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8585a8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8585a8 (#8585a8) is rgb(133, 133, 168) in RGB.

No, #8585a8 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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