#83839c

Color #83839c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#83839c

RGB

rgb(131, 131, 156)

HSL

hsl(240, 11.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 16%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(55.54, 5.35, -13.31)

LCH

lch(55.54, 14.34, 291.9)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0374, 285.34)

HWB

hwb(240, 51.4%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9c83

Analogous

#83909c

#83839c

#90839c

Triadic

#83839c

#9c8383

#839c83

Split-complementary

#83839c

#9c9083

#909c83

Tetradic

#83839c

#9c839c

#9c9c83

#839c83

Square

#83839c

#9c8390

#9c9c83

#839c90

Shades

Color #83839c mixed toward black.

#6a6a85

#55556a

#404050

#2a2a35

#15151b

Tints

Color #83839c mixed toward white.

#9898ad

#acacbd

#c1c1ce

#d6d6de

#eaeaef

Tones

Color #83839c mixed toward gray.

#85859a

#878798

#898996

#8b8b94

#8d8d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838396 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#838395 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#839291 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #83839c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83839c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#83839c (#83839c) is rgb(131, 131, 156) in RGB.

No, #83839c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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