#8178ca

Color #8178ca

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.41 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8178ca

RGB

rgb(129, 120, 202)

HSL

hsl(246.6, 43.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.6, 40.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(54.41, 22.85, -41.46)

LCH

lch(54.41, 47.34, 298.86)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.122, 287.26)

HWB

hwb(246.6, 47.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1ca78

Analogous

#7898ca

#8178ca

#aa78ca

Triadic

#8178ca

#ca8178

#78ca81

Split-complementary

#8178ca

#caaa78

#98ca78

Tetradic

#8178ca

#ca78c1

#c1ca78

#78ca81

Square

#8178ca

#ca7898

#c1ca78

#78caaa

Shades

Color #8178ca mixed toward black.

#5d51bb

#473d9a

#352d74

#231e4d

#120f27

Tints

Color #8178ca mixed toward white.

#968ed3

#aba5dc

#c0bbe4

#d5d2ed

#eae8f6

Tones

Color #8178ca mixed toward gray.

#867fc3

#8c86bc

#918cb5

#9693af

#9c9aa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dba · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#7e7eb6 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#81ada9 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8178ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8178ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8178ca (#8178ca) is rgb(129, 120, 202) in RGB.

No, #8178ca 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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