#85899f

Color #85899f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.8 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85899f

RGB

rgb(133, 137, 159)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 11.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 16.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.44, 3.25, -12.16)

LCH

lch(57.44, 12.59, 284.96)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0333, 277.25)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 52.2%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9b85

Analogous

#85969f

#85899f

#8e859f

Triadic

#85899f

#9f8589

#899f85

Split-complementary

#85899f

#9f8e85

#969f85

Tetradic

#85899f

#9b859f

#9f9b85

#899f85

Square

#85899f

#9f8596

#9f9b85

#859f8e

Shades

Color #85899f mixed toward black.

#6b7088

#56596d

#404352

#2b2d37

#15161b

Tints

Color #85899f mixed toward white.

#999daf

#aeb0bf

#c2c4cf

#d6d8df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #85899f mixed toward gray.

#878b9d

#898c9b

#8c8e99

#8e8f96

#909194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87879a · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#878699 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#859695 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85899f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85899f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#85899f (#85899f) is rgb(133, 137, 159) in RGB.

No, #85899f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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