#878799

Color #878799

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.27 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#878799

RGB

rgb(135, 135, 153)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(56.86, 3.75, -9.57)

LCH

lch(56.86, 10.28, 291.4)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0268, 285.59)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.9%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999987

Analogous

#879099

#878799

#908799

Triadic

#878799

#998787

#879987

Split-complementary

#878799

#999087

#909987

Tetradic

#878799

#998799

#999987

#879987

Square

#878799

#998790

#999987

#879990

Shades

Color #878799 mixed toward black.

#6e6e82

#585868

#42424e

#2c2c34

#16161a

Tints

Color #878799 mixed toward white.

#9b9baa

#afafbb

#c3c3cc

#d7d7dd

#ebebee

Tones

Color #878799 mixed toward gray.

#898998

#8a8a96

#8c8c95

#8d8d93

#8f8f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878795 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#878794 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#879291 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #878799;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878799]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#878799 (#878799) is rgb(135, 135, 153) in RGB.

No, #878799 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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