#8474b3

Color #8474b3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 23.05 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8474b3

RGB

rgb(132, 116, 179)

HSL

hsl(255.2, 29.3%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.2, 35.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(52.57, 20.03, -31.16)

LCH

lch(52.57, 37.04, 302.73)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0956, 295.01)

HWB

hwb(255.2, 45.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3b374

Analogous

#7483b3

#8474b3

#a374b3

Triadic

#8474b3

#b38474

#74b384

Split-complementary

#8474b3

#b3a374

#83b374

Tetradic

#8474b3

#b374a3

#a3b374

#74b384

Square

#8474b3

#b37483

#a3b374

#74b3a3

Shades

Color #8474b3 mixed toward black.

#69579f

#54457f

#3f345f

#2a2340

#151120

Tints

Color #8474b3 mixed toward white.

#988bc0

#ada2cc

#c1b9d9

#d6d1e6

#eae8f2

Tones

Color #8474b3 mixed toward gray.

#8679ae

#897ea8

#8c84a3

#8e899e

#918e99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7da7 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#7e7fa3 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#839c99 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8474b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8474b3]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#8474b3 (#8474b3) is rgb(132, 116, 179) in RGB.

No, #8474b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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