#879197

Color #879197

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#879197

RGB

rgb(135, 145, 151)

HSL

hsl(202.5, 7.1%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.5, 10.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 4%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(59.56, -2.35, -4.41)

LCH

lch(59.56, 5, 241.95)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0147, 233.83)

HWB

hwb(202.5, 52.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978d87

Analogous

#879795

#879197

#878997

Triadic

#879197

#978791

#919787

Split-complementary

#879197

#978789

#979587

Tetradic

#879197

#8d8797

#978d87

#919787

Square

#879197

#958797

#978d87

#899787

Shades

Color #879197 mixed toward black.

#6f7980

#596166

#42494d

#2c3133

#16181a

Tints

Color #879197 mixed toward white.

#9ba3a8

#afb6ba

#c3c8cb

#d7dadc

#ebedee

Tones

Color #879197 mixed toward gray.

#889196

#8a9094

#8b9093

#8c9092

#8e8f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8c96 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8a95 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#889494 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #879197;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879197]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#879197 (#879197) is rgb(135, 145, 151) in RGB.

No, #879197 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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