#859cb7

Color #859cb7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#859cb7

RGB

rgb(133, 156, 183)

HSL

hsl(212.4, 25.8%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.4, 27.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(63.49, -1.81, -16.64)

LCH

lch(63.49, 16.74, 263.79)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0477, 252.55)

HWB

hwb(212.4, 52.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7a085

Analogous

#85b5b7

#859cb7

#8785b7

Triadic

#859cb7

#b7859c

#9cb785

Split-complementary

#859cb7

#b78785

#b5b785

Tetradic

#859cb7

#a085b7

#b7a085

#9cb785

Square

#859cb7

#b785b5

#b7a085

#85b787

Shades

Color #859cb7 mixed toward black.

#6481a4

#4e6785

#3b4d63

#273442

#141a21

Tints

Color #859cb7 mixed toward white.

#99adc3

#aebdcf

#c2cedb

#d6dee7

#ebeff3

Tones

Color #859cb7 mixed toward gray.

#899cb3

#8d9daf

#929dab

#969da6

#9a9ea2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b1 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#8e8caf · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#86acab · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #859cb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859cb7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#859cb7 (#859cb7) is rgb(133, 156, 183) in RGB.

No, #859cb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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