#8787b1

Color #8787b1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8787b1

RGB

rgb(135, 135, 177)

HSL

hsl(240, 21.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 23.7%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(57.71, 9.31, -22.05)

LCH

lch(57.71, 23.93, 292.89)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0626, 284.52)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.9%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b187

Analogous

#879cb1

#8787b1

#9c87b1

Triadic

#8787b1

#b18787

#87b187

Split-complementary

#8787b1

#b19c87

#9cb187

Tetradic

#8787b1

#b187b1

#b1b187

#87b187

Square

#8787b1

#b1879c

#b1b187

#87b19c

Shades

Color #8787b1 mixed toward black.

#68689d

#52527e

#3d3d5f

#29293f

#141420

Tints

Color #8787b1 mixed toward white.

#9b9bbe

#afafcb

#c3c3d8

#d7d7e5

#ebebf2

Tones

Color #8787b1 mixed toward gray.

#8b8bae

#8e8eaa

#9292a7

#9595a3

#9999a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a8 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8787a6 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#87a19f · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8787b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8787b1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8787b1 (#8787b1) is rgb(135, 135, 177) in RGB.

No, #8787b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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