#87859b

Color #87859b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#87859b

RGB

rgb(135, 133, 155)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 9.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 14.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(56.38, 5.34, -11.44)

LCH

lch(56.38, 12.62, 295.02)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0328, 289.6)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 52.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999b85

Analogous

#858e9b

#87859b

#92859b

Triadic

#87859b

#9b8785

#859b87

Split-complementary

#87859b

#9b9285

#8e9b85

Tetradic

#87859b

#9b8599

#999b85

#859b87

Square

#87859b

#9b858e

#999b85

#859b92

Shades

Color #87859b mixed toward black.

#6e6c84

#58576a

#42414f

#2c2b35

#16161a

Tints

Color #87859b mixed toward white.

#9b99ac

#afaebc

#c3c2cd

#d7d6de

#ebebee

Tones

Color #87859b mixed toward gray.

#898799

#8a8997

#8c8b96

#8d8c94

#8f8e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868696 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#868695 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#879291 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87859b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87859b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#87859b (#87859b) is rgb(135, 133, 155) in RGB.

No, #87859b 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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