#8a5ff0

Color #8a5ff0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5ff0

RGB

rgb(138, 95, 240)

HSL

hsl(257.8, 82.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.8, 60.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.5%, 60.4%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(51.7, 49.75, -67.19)

LCH

lch(51.7, 83.6, 306.52)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.2079, 292.78)

HWB

hwb(257.8, 37.3%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5f05f

Analogous

#5f7df0

#8a5ff0

#d35ff0

Triadic

#8a5ff0

#f08a5f

#5ff08a

Split-complementary

#8a5ff0

#f0d35f

#7df05f

Tetradic

#8a5ff0

#f05fc5

#c5f05f

#5ff08a

Square

#8a5ff0

#f05f7d

#c5f05f

#5ff0d3

Shades

Color #8a5ff0 mixed toward black.

#652ceb

#4a13cc

#380e99

#250a66

#130533

Tints

Color #8a5ff0 mixed toward white.

#9e7af3

#b194f5

#c5aff8

#d8cafa

#ece4fd

Tones

Color #8a5ff0 mixed toward gray.

#8f6be4

#9477d8

#9983cc

#9e8fc0

#a39bb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a79d8 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#7c7fd2 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#88c3bd · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 29

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5ff0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5ff0]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8a5ff0 (#8a5ff0) is rgb(138, 95, 240) in RGB.

No, #8a5ff0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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