#8b74ba

Color #8b74ba

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 20.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b74ba

RGB

rgb(139, 116, 186)

HSL

hsl(259.7, 33.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.7, 37.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 37.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(53.52, 23.9, -33.66)

LCH

lch(53.52, 41.28, 305.38)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.1063, 298.3)

HWB

hwb(259.7, 45.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3ba74

Analogous

#7480ba

#8b74ba

#ae74ba

Triadic

#8b74ba

#ba8b74

#74ba8b

Split-complementary

#8b74ba

#baae74

#80ba74

Tetradic

#8b74ba

#ba74a3

#a3ba74

#74ba8b

Square

#8b74ba

#ba7480

#a3ba74

#74baae

Shades

Color #8b74ba mixed toward black.

#6f53a8

#594387

#433265

#2c2143

#161122

Tints

Color #8b74ba mixed toward white.

#9e8bc6

#b2a2d1

#c5b9dd

#d8d1e8

#ece8f4

Tones

Color #8b74ba mixed toward gray.

#8d7ab4

#8f80ae

#9185a8

#938ba3

#95919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8281ac · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#8385a9 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#8aa19e · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b74ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b74ba]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b74ba (#8b74ba) is rgb(139, 116, 186) in RGB.

No, #8b74ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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