#8e97e3

Color #8e97e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e97e3

RGB

rgb(142, 151, 227)

HSL

hsl(233.6, 60.3%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.6, 37.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(64.51, 15.03, -39.54)

LCH

lch(64.51, 42.3, 290.81)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1117, 277.93)

HWB

hwb(233.6, 55.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3da8e

Analogous

#8ec2e3

#8e97e3

#b08ee3

Triadic

#8e97e3

#e38e97

#97e38e

Split-complementary

#8e97e3

#e3b08e

#c2e38e

Tetradic

#8e97e3

#da8ee3

#e3da8e

#97e38e

Square

#8e97e3

#e38ec2

#e3da8e

#8ee3b0

Shades

Color #8e97e3 mixed toward black.

#5d6ad7

#3141c5

#253194

#182063

#0c1031

Tints

Color #8e97e3 mixed toward white.

#a1a9e8

#b4baec

#c7cbf1

#d9dcf6

#eceefa

Tones

Color #8e97e3 mixed toward gray.

#959ddc

#9ca2d5

#a3a8ce

#aaadc7

#b2b3c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d4 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9191d0 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#8ec7c4 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e97e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e97e3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e97e3 (#8e97e3) is rgb(142, 151, 227) in RGB.

No, #8e97e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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