#879eaa

Color #879eaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#879eaa

RGB

rgb(135, 158, 170)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 17.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 20.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.76, -5.36, -8.93)

LCH

lch(63.76, 10.42, 239.03)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0313, 230.57)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 52.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9387

Analogous

#87aaa5

#879eaa

#878caa

Triadic

#879eaa

#aa879e

#9eaa87

Split-complementary

#879eaa

#aa878c

#aaa587

Tetradic

#879eaa

#9387aa

#aa9387

#9eaa87

Square

#879eaa

#a587aa

#aa9387

#8caa87

Shades

Color #879eaa mixed toward black.

#698695

#546b77

#3f5059

#2a363c

#151b1e

Tints

Color #879eaa mixed toward white.

#9baeb8

#afbec6

#c3ced5

#d7dfe3

#ebeff1

Tones

Color #879eaa mixed toward gray.

#8a9da7

#8d9ca4

#909ba1

#939a9e

#96999b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292a7 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#908ea7 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#88a5a4 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #879eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#879eaa]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#879eaa (#879eaa) is rgb(135, 158, 170) in RGB.

No, #879eaa 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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