#8987c6

Color #8987c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.18 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8987c6

RGB

rgb(137, 135, 198)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 35.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 31.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(58.72, 15.21, -32.4)

LCH

lch(58.72, 35.79, 295.15)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0932, 284.92)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 52.9%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c687

Analogous

#87a5c6

#8987c6

#a987c6

Triadic

#8987c6

#c68987

#87c689

Split-complementary

#8987c6

#c6a987

#a5c687

Tetradic

#8987c6

#c687c4

#c4c687

#87c689

Square

#8987c6

#c687a5

#c4c687

#87c6a9

Shades

Color #8987c6 mixed toward black.

#6461b4

#4a4797

#373671

#25244b

#121226

Tints

Color #8987c6 mixed toward white.

#9d9bd0

#b0afd9

#c4c3e3

#d8d7ec

#ebebf6

Tones

Color #8987c6 mixed toward gray.

#8e8cc1

#9392bc

#9897b6

#9d9cb1

#a2a1ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888b9 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8888b6 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#89aeac · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8987c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8987c6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8987c6 (#8987c6) is rgb(137, 135, 198) in RGB.

No, #8987c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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