#8173bb

Color #8173bb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8173bb

RGB

rgb(129, 115, 187)

HSL

hsl(251.7, 34.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.7, 38.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 38.5%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(52.42, 21.8, -36.02)

LCH

lch(52.42, 42.1, 301.18)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1084, 291.71)

HWB

hwb(251.7, 45.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adbb73

Analogous

#7389bb

#8173bb

#a573bb

Triadic

#8173bb

#bb8173

#73bb81

Split-complementary

#8173bb

#bba573

#89bb73

Tetradic

#8173bb

#bb73ad

#adbb73

#73bb81

Square

#8173bb

#bb7389

#adbb73

#73bba5

Shades

Color #8173bb mixed toward black.

#6352a9

#4f4287

#3c3166

#282144

#141022

Tints

Color #8173bb mixed toward white.

#968ac6

#aba2d2

#c0b9dd

#d5d0e8

#eae8f4

Tones

Color #8173bb mixed toward gray.

#8579b5

#887faf

#8c85a9

#908ba3

#93919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bad · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#7c7da9 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#80a19e · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8173bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8173bb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8173bb (#8173bb) is rgb(129, 115, 187) in RGB.

No, #8173bb 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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