#8a70c8

Color #8a70c8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a70c8

RGB

rgb(138, 112, 200)

HSL

hsl(257.7, 44.4%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.7, 44%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(53.13, 29.5, -42.3)

LCH

lch(53.13, 51.57, 304.89)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1319, 295.85)

HWB

hwb(257.7, 43.9%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aec870

Analogous

#7082c8

#8a70c8

#b670c8

Triadic

#8a70c8

#c88a70

#70c88a

Split-complementary

#8a70c8

#c8b670

#82c870

Tetradic

#8a70c8

#c870ae

#aec870

#70c88a

Square

#8a70c8

#c87082

#aec870

#70c8b6

Shades

Color #8a70c8 mixed toward black.

#6b4bba

#553a96

#402b71

#2b1d4b

#150e26

Tints

Color #8a70c8 mixed toward white.

#9e88d1

#b1a0da

#c5b8e3

#d8cfed

#ece7f6

Tones

Color #8a70c8 mixed toward gray.

#8d77c1

#907fb9

#9386b2

#968dab

#9995a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807fb8 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8183b3 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#89a9a6 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a70c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a70c8]

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

#8a70c8 (#8a70c8) is rgb(138, 112, 200) in RGB.

No, #8a70c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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