#8a6ef2

Color #8a6ef2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6ef2

RGB

rgb(138, 110, 242)

HSL

hsl(252.7, 83.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.7, 54.5%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 54.5%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(55.04, 41.93, -62.92)

LCH

lch(55.04, 75.61, 303.68)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.1901, 289.58)

HWB

hwb(252.7, 43.1%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6f26e

Analogous

#6e94f2

#8a6ef2

#cc6ef2

Triadic

#8a6ef2

#f28a6e

#6ef28a

Split-complementary

#8a6ef2

#f2cc6e

#94f26e

Tetradic

#8a6ef2

#f26ed6

#d6f26e

#6ef28a

Square

#8a6ef2

#f26e94

#d6f26e

#6ef2cc

Shades

Color #8a6ef2 mixed toward black.

#5e38ed

#3d13d7

#2e0fa1

#1e0a6c

#0f0536

Tints

Color #8a6ef2 mixed toward white.

#9d86f4

#b19ef6

#c4b6f8

#d8cffb

#ebe7fd

Tones

Color #8a6ef2 mixed toward gray.

#9079e7

#9784dc

#9d8fd1

#a39ac6

#aaa5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fdb · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#8082d5 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#89c7c2 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6ef2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6ef2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a6ef2 (#8a6ef2) is rgb(138, 110, 242) in RGB.

No, #8a6ef2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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