#8b72f3

Color #8b72f3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 5.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b72f3

RGB

rgb(139, 114, 243)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 84.3%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 53.1%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.8%, 53.1%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(56.08, 40.15, -61.79)

LCH

lch(56.08, 73.69, 303.02)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1858, 288.94)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 44.7%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daf372

Analogous

#729af3

#8b72f3

#cb72f3

Triadic

#8b72f3

#f38b72

#72f38b

Split-complementary

#8b72f3

#f3cb72

#9af372

Tetradic

#8b72f3

#f372da

#daf372

#72f38b

Square

#8b72f3

#f3729a

#daf372

#72f3cb

Shades

Color #8b72f3 mixed toward black.

#5e3bee

#3913db

#2b0ea4

#1d096e

#0e0537

Tints

Color #8b72f3 mixed toward white.

#9e8af5

#b2a1f7

#c5b9f9

#d8d0fb

#ece8fd

Tones

Color #8b72f3 mixed toward gray.

#927de8

#9888dd

#9f92d3

#a59dc8

#aca8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181dd · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#8284d7 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#8ac9c4 · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b72f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b72f3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b72f3 (#8b72f3) is rgb(139, 114, 243) in RGB.

No, #8b72f3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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