#8b73e0

Color #8b73e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 3.49 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b73e0

RGB

rgb(139, 115, 224)

HSL

hsl(253.2, 63.7%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.2, 48.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 48.7%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(55.21, 34.37, -52.58)

LCH

lch(55.21, 62.82, 303.17)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.1595, 291.24)

HWB

hwb(253.2, 45.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8e073

Analogous

#7392e0

#8b73e0

#c273e0

Triadic

#8b73e0

#e08b73

#73e08b

Split-complementary

#8b73e0

#e0c273

#92e073

Tetradic

#8b73e0

#e073c8

#c8e073

#73e08b

Square

#8b73e0

#e07392

#c8e073

#73e0c2

Shades

Color #8b73e0 mixed toward black.

#6545d6

#4929b9

#371f8b

#24155d

#120a2e

Tints

Color #8b73e0 mixed toward white.

#9e8ae5

#b2a2ea

#c5b9ef

#d8d0f5

#ece8fa

Tones

Color #8b73e0 mixed toward gray.

#907cd7

#9585ce

#9a8ec5

#9f97bc

#a4a1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181cc · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#8384c7 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#8abbb7 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b73e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b73e0]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b73e0 (#8b73e0) is rgb(139, 115, 224) in RGB.

No, #8b73e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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