#878597

Color #878597

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.95 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#878597

RGB

rgb(135, 133, 151)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 8%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 11.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(56.25, 4.46, -9.33)

LCH

lch(56.25, 10.34, 295.55)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0268, 290.73)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 52.2%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959785

Analogous

#858c97

#878597

#908597

Triadic

#878597

#978785

#859787

Split-complementary

#878597

#979085

#8c9785

Tetradic

#878597

#978595

#959785

#859787

Square

#878597

#97858c

#959785

#859790

Shades

Color #878597 mixed toward black.

#6f6d80

#595766

#43414d

#2c2c33

#16161a

Tints

Color #878597 mixed toward white.

#9b99a8

#afaeba

#c3c2cb

#d7d6dc

#ebebee

Tones

Color #878597 mixed toward gray.

#888796

#898894

#8b8a93

#8c8b91

#8d8d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868693 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#868692 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#87908f · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #878597;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878597]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#878597 (#878597) is rgb(135, 133, 151) in RGB.

No, #878597 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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