#8a81ff

Color #8a81ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a81ff

RGB

rgb(138, 129, 255)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 100%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 49.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 49.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(60.18, 34.66, -61.85)

LCH

lch(60.18, 70.9, 299.27)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.181, 283.61)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 50.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6ff81

Analogous

#81b7ff

#8a81ff

#c981ff

Triadic

#8a81ff

#ff8a81

#81ff8a

Split-complementary

#8a81ff

#ffc981

#b7ff81

Tetradic

#8a81ff

#ff81f6

#f6ff81

#81ff8a

Square

#8a81ff

#ff81b7

#f6ff81

#81ffc9

Shades

Color #8a81ff mixed toward black.

#4f41ff

#1301ff

#0e00c0

#090080

#050040

Tints

Color #8a81ff mixed toward white.

#9e96ff

#b1abff

#c5c0ff

#d8d5ff

#eceaff

Tones

Color #8a81ff mixed toward gray.

#938cf5

#9c96ea

#a5a1e0

#aeabd5

#b7b6cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686e9 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8787e3 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#8ad5d0 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 27.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a81ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a81ff]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a81ff (#8a81ff) is rgb(138, 129, 255) in RGB.

No, #8a81ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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