#859cdc

Color #859cdc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#859cdc

RGB

rgb(133, 156, 220)

HSL

hsl(224.1, 55.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.1, 39.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(64.91, 7.85, -35.09)

LCH

lch(64.91, 35.96, 282.61)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0979, 268.65)

HWB

hwb(224.1, 52.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcc585

Analogous

#85c8dc

#859cdc

#9985dc

Triadic

#859cdc

#dc859c

#9cdc85

Split-complementary

#859cdc

#dc9985

#c8dc85

Tetradic

#859cdc

#c585dc

#dcc585

#9cdc85

Square

#859cdc

#dc85c8

#dcc585

#85dc99

Shades

Color #859cdc mixed toward black.

#5777cf

#3457b7

#274189

#1a2c5b

#0d162e

Tints

Color #859cdc mixed toward white.

#99ade2

#aebde8

#c2ceed

#d6def3

#ebeff9

Tones

Color #859cdc mixed toward gray.

#8c9fd5

#93a3cd

#9ba6c6

#a2aabf

#a9adb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090cf · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#8e8ccc · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#86c4c1 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859cdc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859cdc]

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

#859cdc (#859cdc) is rgb(133, 156, 220) in RGB.

No, #859cdc 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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