#8178c9

Color #8178c9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8178c9

RGB

rgb(129, 120, 201)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 42.9%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 40.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(54.36, 22.58, -40.97)

LCH

lch(54.36, 46.78, 298.86)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1205, 287.38)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 47.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c978

Analogous

#7897c9

#8178c9

#a978c9

Triadic

#8178c9

#c98178

#78c981

Split-complementary

#8178c9

#c9a978

#97c978

Tetradic

#8178c9

#c978c0

#c0c978

#78c981

Square

#8178c9

#c97897

#c0c978

#78c9a9

Shades

Color #8178c9 mixed toward black.

#5d52ba

#473d99

#352e73

#241f4c

#120f26

Tints

Color #8178c9 mixed toward white.

#968ed2

#aba5db

#c0bbe4

#d5d2ed

#eae8f6

Tones

Color #8178c9 mixed toward gray.

#867fc2

#8b85bb

#918cb5

#9693ae

#9b9aa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dba · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7eb6 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#81aca9 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8178c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8178c9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8178c9 (#8178c9) is rgb(129, 120, 201) in RGB.

No, #8178c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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