#85879a

Color #85879a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85879a

RGB

rgb(133, 135, 154)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 9.4%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 13.6%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(56.73, 3.27, -10.36)

LCH

lch(56.73, 10.86, 287.52)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0285, 280.72)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 52.2%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9885

Analogous

#85929a

#85879a

#8e859a

Triadic

#85879a

#9a8587

#879a85

Split-complementary

#85879a

#9a8e85

#929a85

Tetradic

#85879a

#98859a

#9a9885

#879a85

Square

#85879a

#9a8592

#9a9885

#859a8e

Shades

Color #85879a mixed toward black.

#6c6f83

#575869

#41424f

#2b2c34

#16161a

Tints

Color #85879a mixed toward white.

#999bab

#aeafbc

#c2c3cd

#d6d7dd

#ebebee

Tones

Color #85879a mixed toward gray.

#878898

#898a97

#8a8b95

#8c8d93

#8e8e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868696 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#868695 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#859291 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85879a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85879a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#85879a (#85879a) is rgb(133, 135, 154) in RGB.

No, #85879a 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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