#8975b5

Color #8975b5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 23.54 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8975b5

RGB

rgb(137, 117, 181)

HSL

hsl(258.8, 30.2%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.8, 35.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 35.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(53.36, 21.47, -31.04)

LCH

lch(53.36, 37.74, 304.67)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0973, 297.8)

HWB

hwb(258.8, 45.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1b575

Analogous

#7581b5

#8975b5

#a975b5

Triadic

#8975b5

#b58975

#75b589

Split-complementary

#8975b5

#b5a975

#81b575

Tetradic

#8975b5

#b575a1

#a1b575

#75b589

Square

#8975b5

#b57581

#a1b575

#75b5a9

Shades

Color #8975b5 mixed toward black.

#6e57a2

#584581

#423461

#2c2341

#161120

Tints

Color #8975b5 mixed toward white.

#9d8cc1

#b0a3ce

#c4bada

#d8d1e6

#ebe8f3

Tones

Color #8975b5 mixed toward gray.

#8b7ab0

#8d80aa

#8f85a5

#918aa0

#93909a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181a8 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8283a5 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#889d9b · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8975b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8975b5]

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

#8975b5 (#8975b5) is rgb(137, 117, 181) in RGB.

No, #8975b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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