#868097

Color #868097

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#868097

RGB

rgb(134, 128, 151)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 10%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 15.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(54.8, 7, -11.51)

LCH

lch(54.8, 13.47, 301.31)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.035, 297.22)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 50.2%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#919780

Analogous

#808597

#868097

#928097

Triadic

#868097

#978680

#809786

Split-complementary

#868097

#979280

#859780

Tetradic

#868097

#978091

#919780

#809786

Square

#868097

#978085

#919780

#809792

Shades

Color #868097 mixed toward black.

#6f6980

#595466

#423f4d

#2c2a33

#16151a

Tints

Color #868097 mixed toward white.

#9a95a8

#aeaaba

#c2bfcb

#d7d5dc

#ebeaee

Tones

Color #868097 mixed toward gray.

#878295

#888493

#898691

#8a888f

#8b8a8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838392 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#848491 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#868e8d · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #868097;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868097]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#868097 (#868097) is rgb(134, 128, 151) in RGB.

No, #868097 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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