#8b88c0

Color #8b88c0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.21 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b88c0

RGB

rgb(139, 136, 192)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 30.8%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 29.2%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(58.88, 13.69, -28.73)

LCH

lch(58.88, 31.82, 295.48)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0828, 286.33)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 53.3%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdc088

Analogous

#88a1c0

#8b88c0

#a788c0

Triadic

#8b88c0

#c08b88

#88c08b

Split-complementary

#8b88c0

#c0a788

#a1c088

Tetradic

#8b88c0

#c088bd

#bdc088

#88c08b

Square

#8b88c0

#c088a1

#bdc088

#88c0a7

Shades

Color #8b88c0 mixed toward black.

#6864ad

#4f4c8f

#3b396b

#282647

#141324

Tints

Color #8b88c0 mixed toward white.

#9e9ccb

#b2b0d5

#c5c3e0

#d8d7ea

#ecebf5

Tones

Color #8b88c0 mixed toward gray.

#8f8dbb

#9391b7

#9796b2

#9c9bad

#a09fa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ab4 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8a8ab2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8baba8 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b88c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b88c0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b88c0 (#8b88c0) is rgb(139, 136, 192) in RGB.

No, #8b88c0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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