#879bb3

Color #879bb3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#879bb3

RGB

rgb(135, 155, 179)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 22.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 24.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(63.22, -1.6, -14.8)

LCH

lch(63.22, 14.89, 263.83)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0422, 253.07)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 52.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b39f87

Analogous

#87b1b3

#879bb3

#8987b3

Triadic

#879bb3

#b3879b

#9bb387

Split-complementary

#879bb3

#b38987

#b1b387

Tetradic

#879bb3

#9f87b3

#b39f87

#9bb387

Square

#879bb3

#b387b1

#b39f87

#87b389

Shades

Color #879bb3 mixed toward black.

#67809f

#516780

#3d4d60

#293340

#141a20

Tints

Color #879bb3 mixed toward white.

#9bacc0

#afbccc

#c3cdd9

#d7dee6

#ebeef2

Tones

Color #879bb3 mixed toward gray.

#8b9baf

#8e9cac

#929ca8

#969ca4

#999da1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090ae · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#8f8dac · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#88a9a8 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #879bb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879bb3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#879bb3 (#879bb3) is rgb(135, 155, 179) in RGB.

No, #879bb3 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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