#8c7eca

Color #8c7eca

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.27 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7eca

RGB

rgb(140, 126, 202)

HSL

hsl(251.1, 41.8%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.1, 37.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(56.84, 22.38, -37.57)

LCH

lch(56.84, 43.73, 300.78)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.1126, 291.3)

HWB

hwb(251.1, 49.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcca7e

Analogous

#7e96ca

#8c7eca

#b27eca

Triadic

#8c7eca

#ca8c7e

#7eca8c

Split-complementary

#8c7eca

#cab27e

#96ca7e

Tetradic

#8c7eca

#ca7ebc

#bcca7e

#7eca8c

Square

#8c7eca

#ca7e96

#bcca7e

#7ecab2

Shades

Color #8c7eca mixed toward black.

#6957ba

#51409b

#3c3074

#28204e

#141027

Tints

Color #8c7eca mixed toward white.

#9f93d3

#b2a9dc

#c5bee5

#d9d4ed

#ece9f6

Tones

Color #8c7eca mixed toward gray.

#9084c4

#948bbd

#9891b7

#9c97b1

#a09eaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686bb · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#8788b7 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#8baeab · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7eca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7eca]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8c7eca (#8c7eca) is rgb(140, 126, 202) in RGB.

No, #8c7eca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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