#816bb1

Color #816bb1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.79 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#816bb1

RGB

rgb(129, 107, 177)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 31%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 39.5%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(49.93, 23.97, -34.15)

LCH

lch(49.93, 41.72, 305.07)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1073, 297.43)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 42%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bb16b

Analogous

#6b78b1

#816bb1

#a46bb1

Triadic

#816bb1

#b1816b

#6bb181

Split-complementary

#816bb1

#b1a46b

#78b16b

Tetradic

#816bb1

#b16b9b

#9bb16b

#6bb181

Square

#816bb1

#b16b78

#9bb16b

#6bb1a4

Shades

Color #816bb1 mixed toward black.

#69529b

#54417c

#3f315d

#2a213e

#15101f

Tints

Color #816bb1 mixed toward white.

#9684be

#ab9ccb

#c0b5d8

#d5cee5

#eae6f2

Tones

Color #816bb1 mixed toward gray.

#8371ab

#8577a5

#887da0

#8a829a

#8c8894

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878a4 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#797ba0 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#809895 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #816bb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#816bb1]

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

#816bb1 (#816bb1) is rgb(129, 107, 177) in RGB.

No, #816bb1 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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