#859b9b

Color #859b9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#859b9b

RGB

rgb(133, 155, 155)

HSL

hsl(180, 9.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 14.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.33, -7.71, -2.61)

LCH

lch(62.33, 8.14, 198.7)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0248, 196.61)

HWB

hwb(180, 52.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8585

Analogous

#859b90

#859b9b

#85909b

Triadic

#859b9b

#9b859b

#9b9b85

Split-complementary

#859b9b

#9b8590

#9b9085

Tetradic

#859b9b

#85859b

#9b8585

#9b9b85

Square

#859b9b

#90859b

#9b8585

#909b85

Shades

Color #859b9b mixed toward black.

#6c8484

#576a6a

#414f4f

#2b3535

#161a1a

Tints

Color #859b9b mixed toward white.

#99acac

#aebcbc

#c2cdcd

#d6dede

#ebeeee

Tones

Color #859b9b mixed toward gray.

#879999

#899797

#8b9696

#8c9494

#8e9292

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9b · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#8e8c9b · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#869b9b · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 9.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #859b9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859b9b]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#859b9b (#859b9b) is rgb(133, 155, 155) in RGB.

No, #859b9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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