#868aa6

Color #868aa6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#868aa6

RGB

rgb(134, 138, 166)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 15.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 19.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(58.04, 4.63, -15.27)

LCH

lch(58.04, 15.96, 286.87)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0421, 278.75)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 52.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a286

Analogous

#869aa6

#868aa6

#9286a6

Triadic

#868aa6

#a6868a

#8aa686

Split-complementary

#868aa6

#a69286

#9aa686

Tetradic

#868aa6

#a286a6

#a6a286

#8aa686

Square

#868aa6

#a6869a

#a6a286

#86a692

Shades

Color #868aa6 mixed toward black.

#6a6f90

#555973

#404256

#2a2c3a

#15161d

Tints

Color #868aa6 mixed toward white.

#9a9db5

#aeb1c4

#c2c4d2

#d7d8e1

#ebebf0

Tones

Color #868aa6 mixed toward gray.

#898ca3

#8b8ea1

#8e909e

#91929b

#939499

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a0 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#88879e · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#869b9a · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #868aa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868aa6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#868aa6 (#868aa6) is rgb(134, 138, 166) in RGB.

No, #868aa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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