#8b78bb

Color #8b78bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 22.11 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b78bb

RGB

rgb(139, 120, 187)

HSL

hsl(257, 33%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257, 35.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(54.56, 21.8, -32.6)

LCH

lch(54.56, 39.22, 303.77)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.1011, 296.36)

HWB

hwb(257, 47.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8bb78

Analogous

#7887bb

#8b78bb

#ac78bb

Triadic

#8b78bb

#bb8b78

#78bb8b

Split-complementary

#8b78bb

#bbac78

#87bb78

Tetradic

#8b78bb

#bb78a8

#a8bb78

#78bb8b

Square

#8b78bb

#bb7887

#a8bb78

#78bbac

Shades

Color #8b78bb mixed toward black.

#6e56aa

#584588

#423366

#2c2244

#161122

Tints

Color #8b78bb mixed toward white.

#9e8fc6

#b2a5d2

#c5bcdd

#d8d2e8

#ece9f4

Tones

Color #8b78bb mixed toward gray.

#8d7eb5

#9083b0

#9289aa

#958ea5

#97949f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383ae · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#8486aa · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#8aa2a0 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b78bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b78bb]

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

#8b78bb (#8b78bb) is rgb(139, 120, 187) in RGB.

No, #8b78bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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