#8472c7

Color #8472c7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8472c7

RGB

rgb(132, 114, 199)

HSL

hsl(252.7, 43.1%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.7, 42.7%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 42.7%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(53.02, 26.41, -41.93)

LCH

lch(53.02, 49.55, 302.21)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.1269, 291.88)

HWB

hwb(252.7, 44.7%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5c772

Analogous

#728bc7

#8472c7

#af72c7

Triadic

#8472c7

#c78472

#72c784

Split-complementary

#8472c7

#c7af72

#8bc772

Tetradic

#8472c7

#c772b5

#b5c772

#72c784

Square

#8472c7

#c7728b

#b5c772

#72c7af

Shades

Color #8472c7 mixed toward black.

#644db8

#4e3b95

#3b2d70

#271e4b

#140f25

Tints

Color #8472c7 mixed toward white.

#998ad0

#ada1da

#c2b9e3

#d6d0ec

#ebe8f6

Tones

Color #8472c7 mixed toward gray.

#8879c0

#8c80b9

#9087b2

#948eab

#9895a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cb7 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#7e7fb3 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#83a9a6 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8472c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8472c7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8472c7 (#8472c7) is rgb(132, 114, 199) in RGB.

No, #8472c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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