#87899a

Color #87899a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#87899a

RGB

rgb(135, 137, 154)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 8.6%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 12.3%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(57.44, 2.82, -9.28)

LCH

lch(57.44, 9.7, 286.9)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0254, 280.43)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 52.9%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9887

Analogous

#87939a

#87899a

#8f879a

Triadic

#87899a

#9a8789

#899a87

Split-complementary

#87899a

#9a8f87

#939a87

Tetradic

#87899a

#98879a

#9a9887

#899a87

Square

#87899a

#9a8793

#9a9887

#879a8f

Shades

Color #87899a mixed toward black.

#6e7083

#585a69

#42434f

#2c2d34

#16161a

Tints

Color #87899a mixed toward white.

#9b9dab

#afb0bc

#c3c4cd

#d7d8dd

#ebebee

Tones

Color #87899a mixed toward gray.

#898a98

#8a8c97

#8c8d95

#8d8e94

#8f8f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888896 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#888895 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#879392 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87899a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87899a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#87899a (#87899a) is rgb(135, 137, 154) in RGB.

No, #87899a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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