#8f6ed6

Color #8f6ed6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 1.92 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f6ed6

RGB

rgb(143, 110, 214)

HSL

hsl(259, 55.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259, 48.6%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(53.86, 35.62, -49.06)

LCH

lch(53.86, 60.63, 305.98)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.1542, 296.22)

HWB

hwb(259, 43.1%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5d66e

Analogous

#6e81d6

#8f6ed6

#c36ed6

Triadic

#8f6ed6

#d68f6e

#6ed68f

Split-complementary

#8f6ed6

#d6c36e

#81d66e

Tetradic

#8f6ed6

#d66eb5

#b5d66e

#6ed68f

Square

#8f6ed6

#d66e81

#b5d66e

#6ed6c3

Shades

Color #8f6ed6 mixed toward black.

#6e44ca

#5630a8

#40247e

#2b1854

#150c2a

Tints

Color #8f6ed6 mixed toward white.

#a286dd

#b49ee4

#c7b6ea

#dacff1

#ece7f8

Tones

Color #8f6ed6 mixed toward gray.

#9277cd

#957fc5

#9888bc

#9c91b3

#9f99ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282c3 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#8486be · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#8eb3af · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f6ed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f6ed6]

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

#8f6ed6 (#8f6ed6) is rgb(143, 110, 214) in RGB.

No, #8f6ed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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