#868b96

Color #868b96

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#868b96

RGB

rgb(134, 139, 150)

HSL

hsl(221.3, 7.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.3, 10.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(57.78, 0.46, -6.47)

LCH

lch(57.78, 6.49, 274.07)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0174, 266.05)

HWB

hwb(221.3, 52.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969186

Analogous

#869396

#868b96

#898696

Triadic

#868b96

#96868b

#8b9686

Split-complementary

#868b96

#968986

#939686

Tetradic

#868b96

#918696

#969186

#8b9686

Square

#868b96

#968693

#969186

#869689

Shades

Color #868b96 mixed toward black.

#6e737f

#585c65

#42454c

#2c2e33

#161719

Tints

Color #868b96 mixed toward white.

#9a9ea8

#aeb2b9

#c3c5cb

#d7d8dc

#ebecee

Tones

Color #868b96 mixed toward gray.

#878c95

#898c93

#8a8d92

#8b8d91

#8d8e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888893 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#888893 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#869191 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #868b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868b96]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#868b96 (#868b96) is rgb(134, 139, 150) in RGB.

No, #868b96 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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