#8585b4

Color #8585b4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.14 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8585b4

RGB

rgb(133, 133, 180)

HSL

hsl(240, 23.9%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 26.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(57.13, 10.59, -24.66)

LCH

lch(57.13, 26.84, 293.24)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0701, 284.19)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b485

Analogous

#859db4

#8585b4

#9d85b4

Triadic

#8585b4

#b48585

#85b485

Split-complementary

#8585b4

#b49d85

#9db485

Tetradic

#8585b4

#b485b4

#b4b485

#85b485

Square

#8585b4

#b4859d

#b4b485

#85b49d

Shades

Color #8585b4 mixed toward black.

#6565a0

#4f4f81

#3c3c61

#282841

#141420

Tints

Color #8585b4 mixed toward white.

#9999c1

#aeaecd

#c2c2da

#d6d6e6

#ebebf3

Tones

Color #8585b4 mixed toward gray.

#8989b0

#8d8dac

#9191a8

#9595a4

#9999a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585aa · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8585a8 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#85a2a0 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8585b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8585b4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8585b4 (#8585b4) is rgb(133, 133, 180) in RGB.

No, #8585b4 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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