#8b7ed8

Color #8b7ed8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.57 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7ed8

RGB

rgb(139, 126, 216)

HSL

hsl(248.7, 53.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.7, 41.7%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.6%, 41.7%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(57.43, 25.79, -44.55)

LCH

lch(57.43, 51.48, 300.07)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.1322, 288.75)

HWB

hwb(248.7, 49.4%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbd87e

Analogous

#7e9ed8

#8b7ed8

#b87ed8

Triadic

#8b7ed8

#d88b7e

#7ed88b

Split-complementary

#8b7ed8

#d8b87e

#9ed87e

Tetradic

#8b7ed8

#d87ecb

#cbd87e

#7ed88b

Square

#8b7ed8

#d87e9e

#cbd87e

#7ed8b8

Shades

Color #8b7ed8 mixed toward black.

#6452cb

#4735af

#352883

#231a58

#120d2c

Tints

Color #8b7ed8 mixed toward white.

#9e94df

#b2a9e5

#c5bfec

#d8d4f2

#eceaf9

Tones

Color #8b7ed8 mixed toward gray.

#9086d1

#968dc9

#9b95c2

#a09cba

#a6a4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685c7 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8687c3 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8ab8b5 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7ed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7ed8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b7ed8 (#8b7ed8) is rgb(139, 126, 216) in RGB.

No, #8b7ed8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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