#879196

Color #879196

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#879196

RGB

rgb(135, 145, 150)

HSL

hsl(200, 6.7%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 10%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 3.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(59.53, -2.57, -3.89)

LCH

lch(59.53, 4.66, 236.55)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0138, 228.81)

HWB

hwb(200, 52.9%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968c87

Analogous

#879694

#879196

#878a96

Triadic

#879196

#968791

#919687

Split-complementary

#879196

#96878a

#969487

Tetradic

#879196

#8c8796

#968c87

#919687

Square

#879196

#948796

#968c87

#8a9687

Shades

Color #879196 mixed toward black.

#6f797f

#596165

#42494c

#2c3133

#161819

Tints

Color #879196 mixed toward white.

#9ba3a8

#afb6b9

#c3c8cb

#d7dadc

#ebedee

Tones

Color #879196 mixed toward gray.

#889195

#8a9094

#8b9092

#8c8f91

#8d8f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8c95 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8a95 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#889494 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #879196;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879196]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#879196 (#879196) is rgb(135, 145, 150) in RGB.

No, #879196 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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