#8996e8

Color #8996e8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8996e8

RGB

rgb(137, 150, 232)

HSL

hsl(231.8, 67.4%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.8, 40.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(64.12, 15.67, -42.93)

LCH

lch(64.12, 45.7, 290.05)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1211, 275.92)

HWB

hwb(231.8, 53.7%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8db89

Analogous

#89c6e8

#8996e8

#ac89e8

Triadic

#8996e8

#e88996

#96e889

Split-complementary

#8996e8

#e8ac89

#c6e889

Tetradic

#8996e8

#db89e8

#e8db89

#96e889

Square

#8996e8

#e889c6

#e8db89

#89e8ac

Shades

Color #8996e8 mixed toward black.

#5668de

#283fce

#1e2f9b

#141f67

#0a1034

Tints

Color #8996e8 mixed toward white.

#9da8ec

#b0b9f0

#c4cbf4

#d8dcf7

#ebeefb

Tones

Color #8996e8 mixed toward gray.

#919ce0

#99a2d8

#a1a7d0

#a9adc8

#b1b3c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fd8 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8e8dd4 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#8acac7 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8996e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8996e8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8996e8 (#8996e8) is rgb(137, 150, 232) in RGB.

No, #8996e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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