#8373e3

Color #8373e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8373e3

RGB

rgb(131, 115, 227)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 66.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 49.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(54.69, 33.26, -55.12)

LCH

lch(54.69, 64.38, 301.11)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1637, 287.2)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 45.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3e373

Analogous

#739be3

#8373e3

#bb73e3

Triadic

#8373e3

#e38373

#73e383

Split-complementary

#8373e3

#e3bb73

#9be373

Tetradic

#8373e3

#e373d3

#d3e373

#73e383

Square

#8373e3

#e3739b

#d3e373

#73e3bb

Shades

Color #8373e3 mixed toward black.

#5944da

#3c26be

#2d1c8f

#1e135f

#0f0930

Tints

Color #8373e3 mixed toward white.

#988ae8

#aca2ec

#c1b9f1

#d6d0f6

#eae8fa

Tones

Color #8373e3 mixed toward gray.

#8a7cda

#9086d0

#978fc7

#9e98be

#a4a2b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ccf · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#7d7eca · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#82bdb9 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8373e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8373e3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8373e3 (#8373e3) is rgb(131, 115, 227) in RGB.

No, #8373e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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