#8a6cf1

Color #8a6cf1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6cf1

RGB

rgb(138, 108, 241)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 82.6%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 55.2%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(54.53, 42.79, -63.18)

LCH

lch(54.53, 76.31, 304.11)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1916, 290.12)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 42.4%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3f16c

Analogous

#6c90f1

#8a6cf1

#cc6cf1

Triadic

#8a6cf1

#f18a6c

#6cf18a

Split-complementary

#8a6cf1

#f1cc6c

#90f16c

Tetradic

#8a6cf1

#f16cd3

#d3f16c

#6cf18a

Square

#8a6cf1

#f16c90

#d3f16c

#6cf1cc

Shades

Color #8a6cf1 mixed toward black.

#6037ec

#3f14d4

#300f9f

#200a6a

#100535

Tints

Color #8a6cf1 mixed toward white.

#9d84f3

#b19df6

#c4b5f8

#d8cefa

#ebe6fd

Tones

Color #8a6cf1 mixed toward gray.

#9077e6

#9682db

#9c8dd0

#a298c5

#a8a3ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7eda · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8082d4 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#89c6c1 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6cf1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6cf1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a6cf1 (#8a6cf1) is rgb(138, 108, 241) in RGB.

No, #8a6cf1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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