#8986e3

Color #8986e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8986e3

RGB

rgb(137, 134, 227)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 62.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 41%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.6%, 41%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(59.81, 23.59, -46.95)

LCH

lch(59.81, 52.54, 296.68)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1361, 283.52)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 52.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e386

Analogous

#86b2e3

#8986e3

#b786e3

Triadic

#8986e3

#e38986

#86e389

Split-complementary

#8986e3

#e3b786

#b2e386

Tetradic

#8986e3

#e386e0

#e0e386

#86e389

Square

#8986e3

#e386b2

#e0e386

#86e3b7

Shades

Color #8986e3 mixed toward black.

#5955d8

#322dc3

#262293

#191762

#0d0b31

Tints

Color #8986e3 mixed toward white.

#9d9ae8

#b0aeec

#c4c3f1

#d8d7f6

#ebebfa

Tones

Color #8986e3 mixed toward gray.

#908edb

#9896d4

#9f9dcc

#a6a5c4

#adadbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888d1 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#8888cd · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#89c2be · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8986e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8986e3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8986e3 (#8986e3) is rgb(137, 134, 227) in RGB.

No, #8986e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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