#8974ff

Color #8974ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8974ff

RGB

rgb(137, 116, 255)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(57.1, 41.94, -66.8)

LCH

lch(57.1, 78.87, 302.12)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.1986, 286.38)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 45.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaff74

Analogous

#74a4ff

#8974ff

#cf74ff

Triadic

#8974ff

#ff8974

#74ff89

Split-complementary

#8974ff

#ffcf74

#a4ff74

Tetradic

#8974ff

#ff74ea

#eaff74

#74ff89

Square

#8974ff

#ff74a4

#eaff74

#74ffcf

Shades

Color #8974ff mixed toward black.

#5436ff

#2500f7

#1c00b9

#13007c

#09003e

Tints

Color #8974ff mixed toward white.

#9d8bff

#b0a2ff

#c4b9ff

#d8d1ff

#ebe8ff

Tones

Color #8974ff mixed toward gray.

#917ff3

#998be8

#a197dc

#a9a2d1

#b1aec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080e7 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#8283e1 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#88d2cd · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8974ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8974ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8974ff (#8974ff) is rgb(137, 116, 255) in RGB.

No, #8974ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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