#8a8afa

Color #8a8afa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8afa

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 250)

HSL

hsl(240, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 44.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(62.07, 27.99, -56.09)

LCH

lch(62.07, 62.69, 296.52)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.162, 281.25)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fafa8a

Analogous

#8ac2fa

#8a8afa

#c28afa

Triadic

#8a8afa

#fa8a8a

#8afa8a

Split-complementary

#8a8afa

#fac28a

#c2fa8a

Tetradic

#8a8afa

#fa8afa

#fafa8a

#8afa8a

Square

#8a8afa

#fa8ac2

#fafa8a

#8afac2

Shades

Color #8a8afa mixed toward black.

#4c4cf7

#0e0ef5

#0808ba

#05057c

#03033e

Tints

Color #8a8afa mixed toward white.

#9e9efb

#b1b1fc

#c5c5fd

#d8d8fd

#ececfe

Tones

Color #8a8afa mixed toward gray.

#9393f1

#9d9de7

#a6a6de

#afafd5

#b9b9cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ae5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8a8ae0 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8ad3cf · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8afa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8afa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8afa (#8a8afa) is rgb(138, 138, 250) in RGB.

No, #8a8afa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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