#8d74eb

Color #8d74eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8d74eb

RGB

rgb(141, 116, 235)

HSL

hsl(252.6, 74.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.6, 50.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 50.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(56.24, 37.26, -57.08)

LCH

lch(56.24, 68.16, 303.14)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1725, 290.32)

HWB

hwb(252.6, 45.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2eb74

Analogous

#7496eb

#8d74eb

#c874eb

Triadic

#8d74eb

#eb8d74

#74eb8d

Split-complementary

#8d74eb

#ebc874

#96eb74

Tetradic

#8d74eb

#eb74d2

#d2eb74

#74eb8d

Square

#8d74eb

#eb7496

#d2eb74

#74ebc8

Shades

Color #8d74eb mixed toward black.

#6341e4

#421dcc

#321699

#210f66

#110733

Tints

Color #8d74eb mixed toward white.

#a08bee

#b3a2f2

#c6b9f5

#d9d1f8

#ece8fc

Tones

Color #8d74eb mixed toward gray.

#937ee1

#9888d7

#9e92cd

#a49cc3

#aaa6b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383d6 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#8486d0 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#8cc3bf · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d74eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d74eb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d74eb (#8d74eb) is rgb(141, 116, 235) in RGB.

No, #8d74eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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