#857b90

Color #857b90

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#857b90

RGB

rgb(133, 123, 144)

HSL

hsl(268.6, 8.6%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.6, 14.6%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(53.13, 8.03, -9.96)

LCH

lch(53.13, 12.79, 308.88)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0335, 306.87)

HWB

hwb(268.6, 48.2%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86907b

Analogous

#7b7c90

#857b90

#907b90

Triadic

#857b90

#90857b

#7b9085

Split-complementary

#857b90

#90907b

#7c907b

Tetradic

#857b90

#907b86

#86907b

#7b9085

Square

#857b90

#907b7c

#86907b

#7b9090

Shades

Color #857b90 mixed toward black.

#6f6679

#595161

#433d49

#2c2930

#161418

Tints

Color #857b90 mixed toward white.

#9991a3

#aea7b5

#c2bdc8

#d6d3da

#ebe9ed

Tones

Color #857b90 mixed toward gray.

#857d8e

#857f8d

#85808b

#858289

#868487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81818b · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#81828a · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#858787 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857b90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857b90]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#857b90 (#857b90) is rgb(133, 123, 144) in RGB.

No, #857b90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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