#8987c9

Color #8987c9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8987c9

RGB

rgb(137, 135, 201)

HSL

hsl(241.8, 37.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.8, 32.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(58.85, 15.99, -33.89)

LCH

lch(58.85, 37.47, 295.26)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0976, 284.72)

HWB

hwb(241.8, 52.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7c987

Analogous

#87a6c9

#8987c9

#aa87c9

Triadic

#8987c9

#c98987

#87c989

Split-complementary

#8987c9

#c9aa87

#a6c987

Tetradic

#8987c9

#c987c7

#c7c987

#87c989

Square

#8987c9

#c987a6

#c7c987

#87c9aa

Shades

Color #8987c9 mixed toward black.

#6360b8

#48469a

#363474

#24234d

#121127

Tints

Color #8987c9 mixed toward white.

#9d9bd2

#b0afdb

#c4c3e4

#d8d7ed

#ebebf6

Tones

Color #8987c9 mixed toward gray.

#8e8dc4

#9392be

#9998b9

#9e9db3

#a3a3ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888bc · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8888b8 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#89b0ae · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8987c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8987c9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8987c9 (#8987c9) is rgb(137, 135, 201) in RGB.

No, #8987c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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