#8a79dc

Color #8a79dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a79dc

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 220)

HSL

hsl(250.3, 58.6%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.3, 45%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.3%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(56.33, 29.54, -48.55)

LCH

lch(56.33, 56.83, 301.32)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1452, 289.51)

HWB

hwb(250.3, 47.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbdc79

Analogous

#799adc

#8a79dc

#bc79dc

Triadic

#8a79dc

#dc8a79

#79dc8a

Split-complementary

#8a79dc

#dcbc79

#9adc79

Tetradic

#8a79dc

#dc79cb

#cbdc79

#79dc8a

Square

#8a79dc

#dc799a

#cbdc79

#79dcbc

Shades

Color #8a79dc mixed toward black.

#634cd0

#462fb4

#342387

#23185a

#110c2d

Tints

Color #8a79dc mixed toward white.

#9e8fe2

#b1a6e8

#c5bcee

#d8d2f3

#ece9f9

Tones

Color #8a79dc mixed toward gray.

#9081d4

#958acc

#9a92c3

#a09abb

#a5a2b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383ca · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#8485c5 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#89bab6 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a79dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a79dc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a79dc (#8a79dc) is rgb(138, 121, 220) in RGB.

No, #8a79dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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