#859ea4

Color #859ea4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#859ea4

RGB

rgb(133, 158, 164)

HSL

hsl(191.6, 14.6%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.6, 18.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(63.44, -7.37, -6.04)

LCH

lch(63.44, 9.53, 219.34)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0294, 213.91)

HWB

hwb(191.6, 52.2%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a48b85

Analogous

#85a49a

#859ea4

#858ea4

Triadic

#859ea4

#a4859e

#9ea485

Split-complementary

#859ea4

#a4858e

#a49a85

Tetradic

#859ea4

#8b85a4

#a48b85

#9ea485

Square

#859ea4

#9a85a4

#a48b85

#8ea485

Shades

Color #859ea4 mixed toward black.

#6a878e

#546c71

#3f5155

#2a3639

#151b1c

Tints

Color #859ea4 mixed toward white.

#99aeb3

#aebec2

#c2ced1

#d6dfe1

#ebeff0

Tones

Color #859ea4 mixed toward gray.

#879ca1

#8a9b9f

#8d999c

#8f989a

#929697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191a3 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#8f8da2 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#86a1a1 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859ea4]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#859ea4 (#859ea4) is rgb(133, 158, 164) in RGB.

No, #859ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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