#8165ea

Color #8165ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 2.46 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8165ea

RGB

rgb(129, 101, 234)

HSL

hsl(252.6, 76%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.6, 56.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(51.74, 42.89, -63.8)

LCH

lch(51.74, 76.88, 303.91)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1925, 288.98)

HWB

hwb(252.6, 39.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceea65

Analogous

#658cea

#8165ea

#c365ea

Triadic

#8165ea

#ea8165

#65ea81

Split-complementary

#8165ea

#eac365

#8cea65

Tetradic

#8165ea

#ea65ce

#ceea65

#65ea81

Square

#8165ea

#ea658c

#ceea65

#65eac3

Shades

Color #8165ea mixed toward black.

#5934e3

#3e1bc5

#2f1493

#1f0d62

#100731

Tints

Color #8165ea mixed toward white.

#967fee

#ab98f1

#c0b2f5

#d5ccf8

#eae5fc

Tones

Color #8165ea mixed toward gray.

#8770df

#8e7bd4

#9486c9

#9b91be

#a19cb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676d4 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#7779ce · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#80bfba · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8165ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8165ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8165ea (#8165ea) is rgb(129, 101, 234) in RGB.

No, #8165ea 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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