#859bbe

Color #859bbe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.43 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#859bbe

RGB

rgb(133, 155, 190)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 30.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 30%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(63.46, 0.49, -20.61)

LCH

lch(63.46, 20.62, 271.36)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0576, 259.61)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 52.2%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bea885

Analogous

#85b7be

#859bbe

#8b85be

Triadic

#859bbe

#be859b

#9bbe85

Split-complementary

#859bbe

#be8b85

#b7be85

Tetradic

#859bbe

#a885be

#bea885

#9bbe85

Square

#859bbe

#be85b7

#bea885

#85be8b

Shades

Color #859bbe mixed toward black.

#627eab

#4b648c

#384b69

#253246

#131923

Tints

Color #859bbe mixed toward white.

#99acc9

#aebcd4

#c2cdde

#d6dee9

#ebeef4

Tones

Color #859bbe mixed toward gray.

#8a9cb9

#8e9db4

#939eb0

#989fab

#9da0a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fb6 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#8e8cb4 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#86b0af · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 14.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #859bbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859bbe]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#859bbe (#859bbe) is rgb(133, 155, 190) in RGB.

No, #859bbe 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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