#868aa0

Color #868aa0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.91 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#868aa0

RGB

rgb(134, 138, 160)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 12%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 16.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(57.83, 3.25, -12.14)

LCH

lch(57.83, 12.57, 284.99)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0332, 277.28)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 52.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09c86

Analogous

#8697a0

#868aa0

#8f86a0

Triadic

#868aa0

#a0868a

#8aa086

Split-complementary

#868aa0

#a08f86

#97a086

Tetradic

#868aa0

#9c86a0

#a09c86

#8aa086

Square

#868aa0

#a08697

#a09c86

#86a08f

Shades

Color #868aa0 mixed toward black.

#6c7089

#565a6e

#414352

#2b2d37

#16161b

Tints

Color #868aa0 mixed toward white.

#9a9db0

#aeb1c0

#c2c4cf

#d7d8df

#ebebef

Tones

Color #868aa0 mixed toward gray.

#888b9e

#8a8d9c

#8c8e99

#8f9097

#919195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88889b · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#88879a · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#869796 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #868aa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868aa0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#868aa0 (#868aa0) is rgb(134, 138, 160) in RGB.

No, #868aa0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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