#8a79cd

Color #8a79cd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.31 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a79cd

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 205)

HSL

hsl(252.1, 45.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.1, 41%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(55.57, 25.53, -41.29)

LCH

lch(55.57, 48.55, 301.73)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.1246, 291.71)

HWB

hwb(252.1, 47.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bccd79

Analogous

#7992cd

#8a79cd

#b479cd

Triadic

#8a79cd

#cd8a79

#79cd8a

Split-complementary

#8a79cd

#cdb479

#92cd79

Tetradic

#8a79cd

#cd79bc

#bccd79

#79cd8a

Square

#8a79cd

#cd7992

#bccd79

#79cdb4

Shades

Color #8a79cd mixed toward black.

#6751be

#4f3b9e

#3b2c77

#281d4f

#140f28

Tints

Color #8a79cd mixed toward white.

#9d8fd5

#b1a6de

#c4bce6

#d8d2ee

#ebe9f7

Tones

Color #8a79cd mixed toward gray.

#8e80c6

#9287bf

#968eb8

#9b95b1

#9f9caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383bd · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#8485b9 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#89afac · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a79cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a79cd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a79cd (#8a79cd) is rgb(138, 121, 205) in RGB.

No, #8a79cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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