#868cd9

Color #868cd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#868cd9

RGB

rgb(134, 140, 217)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 52.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 38.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(60.63, 16.54, -40.1)

LCH

lch(60.63, 43.38, 292.41)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1139, 279.4)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 52.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d386

Analogous

#86b5d9

#868cd9

#a986d9

Triadic

#868cd9

#d9868c

#8cd986

Split-complementary

#868cd9

#d9a986

#b5d986

Tetradic

#868cd9

#d386d9

#d9d386

#8cd986

Square

#868cd9

#d986b5

#d9d386

#86d9a9

Shades

Color #868cd9 mixed toward black.

#5962cb

#3841b2

#2a3086

#1c2059

#0e102d

Tints

Color #868cd9 mixed toward white.

#9a9fdf

#aeb2e6

#c2c5ec

#d7d9f2

#ebecf9

Tones

Color #868cd9 mixed toward gray.

#8d92d2

#9498cb

#9b9ec4

#a2a4bd

#a9aab6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989ca · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#8888c6 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#86bdba · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #868cd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868cd9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#868cd9 (#868cd9) is rgb(134, 140, 217) in RGB.

No, #868cd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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