#897cb8

Color #897cb8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 22.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#897cb8

RGB

rgb(137, 124, 184)

HSL

hsl(253, 29.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253, 32.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 32.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(55.27, 18.09, -29.79)

LCH

lch(55.27, 34.85, 301.27)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0901, 293.55)

HWB

hwb(253, 48.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb87c

Analogous

#7c8db8

#897cb8

#a77cb8

Triadic

#897cb8

#b8897c

#7cb889

Split-complementary

#897cb8

#b8a77c

#8db87c

Tetradic

#897cb8

#b87cab

#abb87c

#7cb889

Square

#897cb8

#b87c8d

#abb87c

#7cb8a7

Shades

Color #897cb8 mixed toward black.

#6b5ba6

#554885

#403664

#2b2443

#151221

Tints

Color #897cb8 mixed toward white.

#9d92c4

#b0a8d0

#c4bedc

#d8d3e7

#ebe9f3

Tones

Color #897cb8 mixed toward gray.

#8c81b3

#8f86ae

#928ba9

#9490a4

#97959f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8483ac · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#8485a9 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#88a29f · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #897cb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#897cb8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#897cb8 (#897cb8) is rgb(137, 124, 184) in RGB.

No, #897cb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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