#859bd5

Color #859bd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#859bd5

RGB

rgb(133, 155, 213)

HSL

hsl(223.5, 48.8%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.5, 37.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(64.35, 6.51, -32.08)

LCH

lch(64.35, 32.73, 281.47)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0894, 268.08)

HWB

hwb(223.5, 52.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5bf85

Analogous

#85c3d5

#859bd5

#9785d5

Triadic

#859bd5

#d5859b

#9bd585

Split-complementary

#859bd5

#d59785

#c3d585

Tetradic

#859bd5

#bf85d5

#d5bf85

#9bd585

Square

#859bd5

#d585c3

#d5bf85

#85d597

Shades

Color #859bd5 mixed toward black.

#5a78c6

#3b5aac

#2c4381

#1e2d56

#0f162b

Tints

Color #859bd5 mixed toward white.

#99acdc

#aebce3

#c2cdea

#d6def1

#ebeef8

Tones

Color #859bd5 mixed toward gray.

#8b9ece

#92a1c8

#99a4c1

#a0a7ba

#a6aab4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fc9 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#8e8cc6 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#86bfbc · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859bd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859bd5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#859bd5 (#859bd5) is rgb(133, 155, 213) in RGB.

No, #859bd5 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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