#878ea0

Color #878ea0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#878ea0

RGB

rgb(135, 142, 160)

HSL

hsl(223.2, 11.6%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.2, 15.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(59.01, 1.31, -10.37)

LCH

lch(59.01, 10.45, 277.2)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0281, 268.78)

HWB

hwb(223.2, 52.9%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09987

Analogous

#879aa0

#878ea0

#8c87a0

Triadic

#878ea0

#a0878e

#8ea087

Split-complementary

#878ea0

#a08c87

#9aa087

Tetradic

#878ea0

#9987a0

#a09987

#8ea087

Square

#878ea0

#a0879a

#a09987

#87a08c

Shades

Color #878ea0 mixed toward black.

#6d7589

#575d6e

#414652

#2b2f37

#16171b

Tints

Color #878ea0 mixed toward white.

#9ba1b0

#afb4c0

#c3c6cf

#d7d9df

#ebecef

Tones

Color #878ea0 mixed toward gray.

#898f9e

#8b909c

#8d919a

#8f9298

#919295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9c · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8a899b · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#879998 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #878ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878ea0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#878ea0 (#878ea0) is rgb(135, 142, 160) in RGB.

No, #878ea0 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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