#8e85dd

Color #8e85dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e85dd

RGB

rgb(142, 133, 221)

HSL

hsl(246.1, 56.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.1, 39.8%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 39.8%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(59.66, 23.85, -43.82)

LCH

lch(59.66, 49.89, 298.56)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1286, 287)

HWB

hwb(246.1, 52.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4dd85

Analogous

#85a8dd

#8e85dd

#ba85dd

Triadic

#8e85dd

#dd8e85

#85dd8e

Split-complementary

#8e85dd

#ddba85

#a8dd85

Tetradic

#8e85dd

#dd85d4

#d4dd85

#85dd8e

Square

#8e85dd

#dd85a8

#d4dd85

#85ddba

Shades

Color #8e85dd mixed toward black.

#6357d0

#4133b9

#31278a

#201a5c

#100d2e

Tints

Color #8e85dd mixed toward white.

#a199e3

#b4aee8

#c6c2ee

#d9d6f4

#ecebf9

Tones

Color #8e85dd mixed toward gray.

#948cd6

#9a94ce

#9f9bc7

#a5a2c0

#abaab8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8acc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8bc8 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8ebdba · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e85dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e85dd]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e85dd (#8e85dd) is rgb(142, 133, 221) in RGB.

No, #8e85dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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