#858baf

Color #858baf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.07 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#858baf

RGB

rgb(133, 139, 175)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 20.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 24%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(58.55, 5.88, -19.63)

LCH

lch(58.55, 20.49, 286.68)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0543, 277.41)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 52.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa985

Analogous

#85a0af

#858baf

#9485af

Triadic

#858baf

#af858b

#8baf85

Split-complementary

#858baf

#af9485

#a0af85

Tetradic

#858baf

#a985af

#afa985

#8baf85

Square

#858baf

#af85a0

#afa985

#85af94

Shades

Color #858baf mixed toward black.

#666e9b

#51577c

#3d425d

#292c3e

#14161f

Tints

Color #858baf mixed toward white.

#999ebc

#aeb2ca

#c2c5d7

#d6d8e4

#ebecf2

Tones

Color #858baf mixed toward gray.

#898eac

#8c90a8

#9093a5

#9395a1

#97989e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a7 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8787a5 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#85a19f · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #858baf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#858baf]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#858baf (#858baf) is rgb(133, 139, 175) in RGB.

No, #858baf 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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