#8a73f9

Color #8a73f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 4.56 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a73f9

RGB

rgb(138, 115, 249)

HSL

hsl(250.3, 91.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.3, 53.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 53.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(56.59, 41.03, -64.31)

LCH

lch(56.59, 76.28, 302.54)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.1922, 287.62)

HWB

hwb(250.3, 45.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2f973

Analogous

#739ff9

#8a73f9

#cd73f9

Triadic

#8a73f9

#f98a73

#73f98a

Split-complementary

#8a73f9

#f9cd73

#9ff973

Tetradic

#8a73f9

#f973e2

#e2f973

#73f98a

Square

#8a73f9

#f9739f

#e2f973

#73f9cd

Shades

Color #8a73f9 mixed toward black.

#5939f7

#300ae9

#2407af

#180574

#0c023a

Tints

Color #8a73f9 mixed toward white.

#9e8afa

#b1a2fb

#c5b9fc

#d8d0fd

#ece8fe

Tones

Color #8a73f9 mixed toward gray.

#917eee

#9989e3

#a095d8

#a7a0cc

#afabc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8180e2 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#8284dc · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#89cdc8 · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a73f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a73f9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a73f9 (#8a73f9) is rgb(138, 115, 249) in RGB.

No, #8a73f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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