#859d99

Color #859d99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#859d99

RGB

rgb(133, 157, 153)

HSL

hsl(170, 10.9%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 15.3%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(62.84, -9.23, -0.73)

LCH

lch(62.84, 9.26, 184.52)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0276, 184.37)

HWB

hwb(170, 52.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d8589

Analogous

#859d8d

#859d99

#85959d

Triadic

#859d99

#99859d

#9d9985

Split-complementary

#859d99

#9d8595

#9d8d85

Tetradic

#859d99

#85899d

#9d8589

#9d9985

Square

#859d99

#8d859d

#9d8589

#959d85

Shades

Color #859d99 mixed toward black.

#6c8682

#566b68

#41504e

#2b3634

#161b1a

Tints

Color #859d99 mixed toward white.

#99adaa

#aebebb

#c2cecc

#d6dedd

#ebefee

Tones

Color #859d99 mixed toward gray.

#879b98

#899996

#8b9795

#8d9594

#8f9392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909a · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#8f8d9a · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#869b9b · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859d99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859d99]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#859d99 (#859d99) is rgb(133, 157, 153) in RGB.

No, #859d99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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