#859d9f

Color #859d9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#859d9f

RGB

rgb(133, 157, 159)

HSL

hsl(184.6, 11.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.6, 16.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(63.01, -7.94, -3.86)

LCH

lch(63.01, 8.83, 205.93)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0271, 202.78)

HWB

hwb(184.6, 52.2%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f8785

Analogous

#859f94

#859d9f

#85909f

Triadic

#859d9f

#9f859d

#9d9f85

Split-complementary

#859d9f

#9f8590

#9f9485

Tetradic

#859d9f

#87859f

#9f8785

#9d9f85

Square

#859d9f

#94859f

#9f8785

#909f85

Shades

Color #859d9f mixed toward black.

#6b8688

#566b6d

#405052

#2b3637

#151b1b

Tints

Color #859d9f mixed toward white.

#99adaf

#aebebf

#c2cecf

#d6dedf

#ebefef

Tones

Color #859d9f mixed toward gray.

#879b9d

#89999b

#8c9899

#8e9696

#909494

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909f · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8d9e · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#869e9e · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #859d9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859d9f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#859d9f (#859d9f) is rgb(133, 157, 159) in RGB.

No, #859d9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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