#8a7ac3

Color #8a7ac3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7ac3

RGB

rgb(138, 122, 195)

HSL

hsl(253.2, 37.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.2, 37.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(55.34, 22.35, -35.96)

LCH

lch(55.34, 42.34, 301.86)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.109, 293.06)

HWB

hwb(253.2, 47.8%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3c37a

Analogous

#7a8fc3

#8a7ac3

#af7ac3

Triadic

#8a7ac3

#c38a7a

#7ac38a

Split-complementary

#8a7ac3

#c3af7a

#8fc37a

Tetradic

#8a7ac3

#c37ab3

#b3c37a

#7ac38a

Square

#8a7ac3

#c37a8f

#b3c37a

#7ac3af

Shades

Color #8a7ac3 mixed toward black.

#6a56b3

#534292

#3f316d

#2a2149

#151024

Tints

Color #8a7ac3 mixed toward white.

#9e90cd

#b1a6d7

#c5bde1

#d8d3eb

#ece9f5

Tones

Color #8a7ac3 mixed toward gray.

#8e80bd

#9186b7

#948cb1

#9892ab

#9b99a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383b5 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#8485b1 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#89a8a6 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7ac3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7ac3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a7ac3 (#8a7ac3) is rgb(138, 122, 195) in RGB.

No, #8a7ac3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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