#8a78c5

Color #8a78c5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a78c5

RGB

rgb(138, 120, 197)

HSL

hsl(254, 39.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254, 39.1%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.9%, 39.1%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(54.94, 24.03, -37.74)

LCH

lch(54.94, 44.74, 302.49)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1151, 293.51)

HWB

hwb(254, 47.1%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3c578

Analogous

#788dc5

#8a78c5

#b178c5

Triadic

#8a78c5

#c58a78

#78c58a

Split-complementary

#8a78c5

#c5b178

#8dc578

Tetradic

#8a78c5

#c578b3

#b3c578

#78c58a

Square

#8a78c5

#c5788d

#b3c578

#78c5b1

Shades

Color #8a78c5 mixed toward black.

#6a53b5

#534094

#3e306f

#2a204a

#151025

Tints

Color #8a78c5 mixed toward white.

#9e8fcf

#b1a5d8

#c5bce2

#d8d2ec

#ece9f5

Tones

Color #8a78c5 mixed toward gray.

#8e7fbf

#9185b8

#948bb2

#9892ab

#9b98a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382b6 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8485b2 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#89a9a6 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a78c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a78c5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Medium Purple #9370db

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a78c5 (#8a78c5) is rgb(138, 120, 197) in RGB.

No, #8a78c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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