#859ecb

Color #859ecb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#859ecb

RGB

rgb(133, 158, 203)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 40.2%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 34.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(64.76, 2.15, -25.88)

LCH

lch(64.76, 25.97, 274.75)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0723, 261.97)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 52.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbb285

Analogous

#85c1cb

#859ecb

#8f85cb

Triadic

#859ecb

#cb859e

#9ecb85

Split-complementary

#859ecb

#cb8f85

#c1cb85

Tetradic

#859ecb

#b285cb

#cbb285

#9ecb85

Square

#859ecb

#cb85c1

#cbb285

#85cb8f

Shades

Color #859ecb mixed toward black.

#5e7fba

#43639d

#324a76

#21324f

#111927

Tints

Color #859ecb mixed toward white.

#99aed4

#aebedc

#c2cfe5

#d6dfee

#ebeff6

Tones

Color #859ecb mixed toward gray.

#8ba0c5

#91a1bf

#97a3ba

#9ca5b4

#a2a6ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191c1 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#8f8dbf · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#86b9b7 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859ecb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859ecb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#859ecb (#859ecb) is rgb(133, 158, 203) in RGB.

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

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