#8599a8

Color #8599a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8599a8

RGB

rgb(133, 153, 168)

HSL

hsl(205.7, 16.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.7, 20.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(62.16, -3.71, -10.2)

LCH

lch(62.16, 10.85, 250.01)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0318, 240.46)

HWB

hwb(205.7, 52.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89485

Analogous

#85a8a5

#8599a8

#8587a8

Triadic

#8599a8

#a88599

#99a885

Split-complementary

#8599a8

#a88587

#a8a585

Tetradic

#8599a8

#9485a8

#a89485

#99a885

Square

#8599a8

#a585a8

#a89485

#87a885

Shades

Color #8599a8 mixed toward black.

#688092

#546775

#3f4d58

#2a333b

#151a1d

Tints

Color #8599a8 mixed toward white.

#99aab6

#aebbc5

#c2ccd3

#d6dde2

#ebeef0

Tones

Color #8599a8 mixed toward gray.

#8899a5

#8b98a2

#8e989f

#91979c

#949799

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea5 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#8d8ba4 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#86a2a1 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8599a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8599a8]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8599a8 (#8599a8) is rgb(133, 153, 168) in RGB.

No, #8599a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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