#87849d

Color #87849d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#87849d

RGB

rgb(135, 132, 157)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 11.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 15.9%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(56.18, 6.36, -12.9)

LCH

lch(56.18, 14.38, 296.24)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0374, 290.81)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 51.8%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9d84

Analogous

#848e9d

#87849d

#94849d

Triadic

#87849d

#9d8784

#849d87

Split-complementary

#87849d

#9d9484

#8e9d84

Tetradic

#87849d

#9d849a

#9a9d84

#849d87

Square

#87849d

#9d848e

#9a9d84

#849d94

Shades

Color #87849d mixed toward black.

#6e6b86

#58556b

#424050

#2c2b36

#16151b

Tints

Color #87849d mixed toward white.

#9b99ad

#afadbe

#c3c2ce

#d7d6de

#ebebef

Tones

Color #87849d mixed toward gray.

#89869b

#8a8899

#8c8a97

#8d8c95

#8f8f93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868697 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#868696 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#879392 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87849d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87849d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#87849d (#87849d) is rgb(135, 132, 157) in RGB.

No, #87849d 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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