#857ea6

Color #857ea6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#857ea6

RGB

rgb(133, 126, 166)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 18.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 24.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(54.72, 11.26, -20.32)

LCH

lch(54.72, 23.23, 298.99)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0603, 292.52)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 49.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa67e

Analogous

#7e8ba6

#857ea6

#997ea6

Triadic

#857ea6

#a6857e

#7ea685

Split-complementary

#857ea6

#a6997e

#8ba67e

Tetradic

#857ea6

#a67e9f

#9fa67e

#7ea685

Square

#857ea6

#a67e8b

#9fa67e

#7ea699

Shades

Color #857ea6 mixed toward black.

#6b6390

#565073

#403c56

#2b283a

#15141d

Tints

Color #857ea6 mixed toward white.

#9994b5

#aea9c4

#c2bfd3

#d6d4e1

#ebeaf0

Tones

Color #857ea6 mixed toward gray.

#8782a3

#89859f

#8c889c

#8e8b99

#908f95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82829e · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#82839b · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#859695 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857ea6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#857ea6 (#857ea6) is rgb(133, 126, 166) in RGB.

No, #857ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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