#808aea

Color #808aea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#808aea

RGB

rgb(128, 138, 234)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 71.6%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 45.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.3%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(60.52, 21.01, -49.76)

LCH

lch(60.52, 54.01, 292.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1418, 277.34)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 50.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae080

Analogous

#80bfea

#808aea

#ab80ea

Triadic

#808aea

#ea808a

#8aea80

Split-complementary

#808aea

#eaab80

#bfea80

Tetradic

#808aea

#e080ea

#eae080

#8aea80

Square

#808aea

#ea80bf

#eae080

#80eaab

Shades

Color #808aea mixed toward black.

#4c5ae1

#2233cf

#1a269b

#111968

#090d34

Tints

Color #808aea mixed toward white.

#959eed

#aab1f1

#c0c5f4

#d5d8f8

#eaecfb

Tones

Color #808aea mixed toward gray.

#8991e1

#9298d8

#9ba0d0

#a3a7c7

#acaebe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485d8 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#8483d3 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#81c8c4 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #808aea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#808aea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#808aea (#808aea) is rgb(128, 138, 234) in RGB.

No, #808aea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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