#858a8a

Color #858a8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 3.98 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#858a8a

RGB

rgb(133, 138, 138)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.1%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(57.07, -1.83, -0.64)

LCH

lch(57.07, 1.94, 199.28)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0059, 196.89)

HWB

hwb(180, 52.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8585

Analogous

#858a87

#858a8a

#85878a

Triadic

#858a8a

#8a858a

#8a8a85

Split-complementary

#858a8a

#8a8587

#8a8785

Tetradic

#858a8a

#85858a

#8a8585

#8a8a85

Square

#858a8a

#87858a

#8a8585

#878a85

Shades

Color #858a8a mixed toward black.

#6e7373

#585c5c

#424545

#2c2e2e

#161717

Tints

Color #858a8a mixed toward white.

#999d9d

#aeb1b1

#c2c4c4

#d6d8d8

#ebebeb

Tones

Color #858a8a mixed toward gray.

#858989

#868989

#878888

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87878a · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#87878a · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#858a8a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 2.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #858a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#858a8a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#858a8a (#858a8a) is rgb(133, 138, 138) in RGB.

No, #858a8a 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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