#879ea2

Color #879ea2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#879ea2

RGB

rgb(135, 158, 162)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 12.7%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 16.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(63.52, -7.16, -4.79)

LCH

lch(63.52, 8.61, 213.78)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0265, 209.37)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 52.9%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a28b87

Analogous

#87a298

#879ea2

#8790a2

Triadic

#879ea2

#a2879e

#9ea287

Split-complementary

#879ea2

#a28790

#a29887

Tetradic

#879ea2

#8b87a2

#a28b87

#9ea287

Square

#879ea2

#9887a2

#a28b87

#90a287

Shades

Color #879ea2 mixed toward black.

#6c878b

#566c70

#415154

#2b3638

#161b1c

Tints

Color #879ea2 mixed toward white.

#9baeb1

#afbec1

#c3ced0

#d7dfe0

#ebefef

Tones

Color #879ea2 mixed toward gray.

#899ca0

#8b9b9d

#8e999b

#909899

#929697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292a1 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#908ea1 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#88a0a0 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #879ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879ea2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#879ea2 (#879ea2) is rgb(135, 158, 162) in RGB.

No, #879ea2 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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