#8857ff

Color #8857ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.2 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8857ff

RGB

rgb(136, 87, 255)

HSL

hsl(257.5, 100%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.5, 65.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 65.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51, 57.61, -76.69)

LCH

lch(51, 95.92, 306.91)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.2354, 291.06)

HWB

hwb(257.5, 34.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceff57

Analogous

#577aff

#8857ff

#dc57ff

Triadic

#8857ff

#ff8857

#57ff88

Split-complementary

#8857ff

#ffdc57

#7aff57

Tetradic

#8857ff

#ff57ce

#ceff57

#57ff88

Square

#8857ff

#ff577a

#ceff57

#57ffdc

Shades

Color #8857ff mixed toward black.

#601eff

#4300e4

#3200ab

#210072

#110039

Tints

Color #8857ff mixed toward white.

#9c73ff

#b08fff

#c4abff

#d7c7ff

#ebe3ff

Tones

Color #8857ff mixed toward gray.

#8e65f1

#9473e3

#9a81d5

#9f8fc7

#a59db9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7675e5 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#797cde · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#86cdc7 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8857ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8857ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8857ff (#8857ff) is rgb(136, 87, 255) in RGB.

No, #8857ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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