#8c81ab

Color #8c81ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c81ab

RGB

rgb(140, 129, 171)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 20%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 24.6%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(56.3, 12.98, -20.72)

LCH

lch(56.3, 24.45, 302.06)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0634, 296.52)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 50.6%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0ab81

Analogous

#818bab

#8c81ab

#a181ab

Triadic

#8c81ab

#ab8c81

#81ab8c

Split-complementary

#8c81ab

#aba181

#8bab81

Tetradic

#8c81ab

#ab81a0

#a0ab81

#81ab8c

Square

#8c81ab

#ab818b

#a0ab81

#81aba1

Shades

Color #8c81ab mixed toward black.

#716496

#5a5078

#443c5a

#2d283c

#17141e

Tints

Color #8c81ab mixed toward white.

#9f96b9

#b2abc7

#c5c0d5

#d9d5e3

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8c81ab mixed toward gray.

#8e84a7

#8f88a4

#918ba0

#938f9d

#949299

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a2 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8889a0 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#8b9b99 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 17.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c81ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c81ab]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8c81ab (#8c81ab) is rgb(140, 129, 171) in RGB.

No, #8c81ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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