#8a90fa

Color #8a90fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.43 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a90fa

RGB

rgb(138, 144, 250)

HSL

hsl(236.8, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.8, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(63.55, 24.5, -53.73)

LCH

lch(63.55, 59.05, 294.51)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.154, 279.16)

HWB

hwb(236.8, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faf48a

Analogous

#8ac8fa

#8a90fa

#bc8afa

Triadic

#8a90fa

#fa8a90

#90fa8a

Split-complementary

#8a90fa

#fabc8a

#c8fa8a

Tetradic

#8a90fa

#f48afa

#faf48a

#90fa8a

Square

#8a90fa

#fa8ac8

#faf48a

#8afabc

Shades

Color #8a90fa mixed toward black.

#4c55f7

#0e1af5

#0811ba

#050c7c

#03063e

Tints

Color #8a90fa mixed toward white.

#9ea3fb

#b1b5fc

#c5c8fd

#d8dafd

#ecedfe

Tones

Color #8a90fa mixed toward gray.

#9398f1

#9da1e7

#a6a9de

#afb1d5

#b9bacb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8de6 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8ce1 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#8ad5d1 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a90fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a90fa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a90fa (#8a90fa) is rgb(138, 144, 250) in RGB.

No, #8a90fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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