#8b87ef

Color #8b87ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.69 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b87ef

RGB

rgb(139, 135, 239)

HSL

hsl(242.3, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.3, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(60.82, 26.86, -52)

LCH

lch(60.82, 58.53, 297.32)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.151, 283.28)

HWB

hwb(242.3, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebef87

Analogous

#87b7ef

#8b87ef

#bf87ef

Triadic

#8b87ef

#ef8b87

#87ef8b

Split-complementary

#8b87ef

#efbf87

#b7ef87

Tetradic

#8b87ef

#ef87eb

#ebef87

#87ef8b

Square

#8b87ef

#ef87b7

#ebef87

#87efbf

Shades

Color #8b87ef mixed toward black.

#5650e8

#251ddc

#1b16a5

#120f6e

#090737

Tints

Color #8b87ef mixed toward white.

#9e9bf2

#b2aff4

#c5c3f7

#d8d7fa

#ecebfc

Tones

Color #8b87ef mixed toward gray.

#9390e6

#9b98de

#a3a1d5

#abaacc

#b3b2c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989dc · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8a8ad7 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#8bcbc7 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b87ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b87ef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b87ef (#8b87ef) is rgb(139, 135, 239) in RGB.

No, #8b87ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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