#8965e6

Color #8965e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 5.26 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8965e6

RGB

rgb(137, 101, 230)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 72.1%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 56.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(52.22, 43.53, -60.75)

LCH

lch(52.22, 74.74, 305.62)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.1875, 292.82)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 39.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2e665

Analogous

#6582e6

#8965e6

#c965e6

Triadic

#8965e6

#e68965

#65e689

Split-complementary

#8965e6

#e6c965

#82e665

Tetradic

#8965e6

#e665c2

#c2e665

#65e689

Square

#8965e6

#e66582

#c2e665

#65e6c9

Shades

Color #8965e6 mixed toward black.

#6435de

#4b1fbe

#38178e

#260f5f

#13082f

Tints

Color #8965e6 mixed toward white.

#9d7fea

#b098ee

#c4b2f3

#d8ccf7

#ebe5fb

Tones

Color #8965e6 mixed toward gray.

#8e70db

#927ad1

#9785c6

#9c90bb

#a19bb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bd0 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#7d80ca · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#87bcb8 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8965e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8965e6]

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

#8965e6 (#8965e6) is rgb(137, 101, 230) in RGB.

No, #8965e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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