#8997f1

Color #8997f1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8997f1

RGB

rgb(137, 151, 241)

HSL

hsl(231.9, 78.8%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.9, 43.2%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 37.3%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(64.8, 17.63, -46.81)

LCH

lch(64.8, 50.02, 290.64)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1325, 275.76)

HWB

hwb(231.9, 53.7%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1e389

Analogous

#89cbf1

#8997f1

#af89f1

Triadic

#8997f1

#f18997

#97f189

Split-complementary

#8997f1

#f1af89

#cbf189

Tetradic

#8997f1

#e389f1

#f1e389

#97f189

Square

#8997f1

#f189cb

#f1e389

#89f1af

Shades

Color #8997f1 mixed toward black.

#5165ea

#1b36e1

#1428a9

#0d1b71

#070d38

Tints

Color #8997f1 mixed toward white.

#9da8f3

#b0baf6

#c4cbf8

#d8dcfa

#ebeefd

Tones

Color #8997f1 mixed toward gray.

#929de8

#9aa4e0

#a3aad7

#acb0ce

#b4b7c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fdf · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8e8ddb · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#8ad0cd · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8997f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8997f1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8997f1 (#8997f1) is rgb(137, 151, 241) in RGB.

No, #8997f1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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