#8979b4

Color #8979b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 23.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8979b4

RGB

rgb(137, 121, 180)

HSL

hsl(256.3, 28.2%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.3, 32.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 32.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(54.33, 18.86, -28.96)

LCH

lch(54.33, 34.56, 303.07)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0893, 296.11)

HWB

hwb(256.3, 47.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4b479

Analogous

#7986b4

#8979b4

#a679b4

Triadic

#8979b4

#b48979

#79b489

Split-complementary

#8979b4

#b4a679

#86b479

Tetradic

#8979b4

#b479a4

#a4b479

#79b489

Square

#8979b4

#b47986

#a4b479

#79b4a6

Shades

Color #8979b4 mixed toward black.

#6d5aa1

#574881

#423660

#2c2440

#161220

Tints

Color #8979b4 mixed toward white.

#9d8fc0

#b0a6cd

#c4bcd9

#d8d2e6

#ebe9f2

Tones

Color #8979b4 mixed toward gray.

#8b7eaf

#8d83aa

#9088a5

#928da0

#94929b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282a8 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#8384a5 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#889e9c · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8979b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8979b4]

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

#8979b4 (#8979b4) is rgb(137, 121, 180) in RGB.

No, #8979b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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