#879ceb

Color #879ceb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#879ceb

RGB

rgb(135, 156, 235)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 71.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 42.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(65.69, 12.55, -42.13)

LCH

lch(65.69, 43.96, 286.59)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1183, 271.79)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 52.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebd687

Analogous

#87ceeb

#879ceb

#a487eb

Triadic

#879ceb

#eb879c

#9ceb87

Split-complementary

#879ceb

#eba487

#ceeb87

Tetradic

#879ceb

#d687eb

#ebd687

#9ceb87

Square

#879ceb

#eb87ce

#ebd687

#87eba4

Shades

Color #879ceb mixed toward black.

#5270e2

#2348d3

#1a369e

#12246a

#091235

Tints

Color #879ceb mixed toward white.

#9bacee

#afbdf2

#c3cdf5

#d7def8

#ebeefc

Tones

Color #879ceb mixed toward gray.

#8fa1e3

#97a6da

#a0aad2

#a8afca

#b1b4c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191db · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8ed7 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#88cecb · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #879ceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879ceb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#879ceb (#879ceb) is rgb(135, 156, 235) in RGB.

No, #879ceb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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