#8b6cce

Color #8b6cce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 5.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6cce

RGB

rgb(139, 108, 206)

HSL

hsl(259, 50%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259, 47.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(52.59, 33.65, -46.57)

LCH

lch(52.59, 57.46, 305.85)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.1463, 296.37)

HWB

hwb(259, 42.4%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afce6c

Analogous

#6c7ece

#8b6cce

#bc6cce

Triadic

#8b6cce

#ce8b6c

#6cce8b

Split-complementary

#8b6cce

#cebc6c

#7ece6c

Tetradic

#8b6cce

#ce6caf

#afce6c

#6cce8b

Square

#8b6cce

#ce6c7e

#afce6c

#6ccebc

Shades

Color #8b6cce mixed toward black.

#6c45c1

#56349d

#402776

#2b1a4f

#150d27

Tints

Color #8b6cce mixed toward white.

#9e85d6

#b29dde

#c5b6e7

#d8ceef

#ece7f7

Tones

Color #8b6cce mixed toward gray.

#8e74c6

#917cbe

#9485b6

#978dad

#9a95a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7ebc · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#8083b8 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#8aaca9 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6cce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6cce]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b6cce (#8b6cce) is rgb(139, 108, 206) in RGB.

No, #8b6cce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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