#8b82b5

Color #8b82b5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#8b82b5

RGB

rgb(139, 130, 181)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 25.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 28.2%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(56.87, 14.46, -25.59)

LCH

lch(56.87, 29.39, 299.47)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0761, 292.15)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 51%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb582

Analogous

#8293b5

#8b82b5

#a582b5

Triadic

#8b82b5

#b58b82

#82b58b

Split-complementary

#8b82b5

#b5a582

#93b582

Tetradic

#8b82b5

#b582ac

#acb582

#82b58b

Square

#8b82b5

#b58293

#acb582

#82b5a5

Shades

Color #8b82b5 mixed toward black.

#6d62a2

#574d82

#413a62

#2b2741

#161321

Tints

Color #8b82b5 mixed toward white.

#9e97c1

#b2acce

#c5c1da

#d8d5e6

#eceaf3

Tones

Color #8b82b5 mixed toward gray.

#8e86b1

#918bad

#938fa8

#9693a4

#9997a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787aa · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#8888a8 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#8ba19f · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b82b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b82b5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b82b5 (#8b82b5) is rgb(139, 130, 181) in RGB.

No, #8b82b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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