#8f78eb

Color #8f78eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 5.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f78eb

RGB

rgb(143, 120, 235)

HSL

hsl(252, 74.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 48.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(57.34, 35.44, -55.31)

LCH

lch(57.34, 65.69, 302.65)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.1668, 290.13)

HWB

hwb(252, 47.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4eb78

Analogous

#789aeb

#8f78eb

#c878eb

Triadic

#8f78eb

#eb8f78

#78eb8f

Split-complementary

#8f78eb

#ebc878

#9aeb78

Tetradic

#8f78eb

#eb78d4

#d4eb78

#78eb8f

Square

#8f78eb

#eb789a

#d4eb78

#78ebc8

Shades

Color #8f78eb mixed toward black.

#6444e3

#421fce

#31179b

#210f67

#100834

Tints

Color #8f78eb mixed toward white.

#a28eee

#b4a5f2

#c7bbf5

#dad2f8

#ece8fc

Tones

Color #8f78eb mixed toward gray.

#9582e1

#9a8bd8

#a095ce

#a69ec5

#aca8bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685d6 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#8789d1 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#8ec4c0 · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f78eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f78eb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8f78eb (#8f78eb) is rgb(143, 120, 235) in RGB.

No, #8f78eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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