#8181ad

Color #8181ad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8181ad

RGB

rgb(129, 129, 173)

HSL

hsl(240, 21.2%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(55.47, 9.93, -23.24)

LCH

lch(55.47, 25.27, 293.14)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.066, 284.29)

HWB

hwb(240, 50.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adad81

Analogous

#8197ad

#8181ad

#9781ad

Triadic

#8181ad

#ad8181

#81ad81

Split-complementary

#8181ad

#ad9781

#97ad81

Tetradic

#8181ad

#ad81ad

#adad81

#81ad81

Square

#8181ad

#ad8197

#adad81

#81ad97

Shades

Color #8181ad mixed toward black.

#636398

#4f4f7a

#3b3b5b

#28283d

#14141e

Tints

Color #8181ad mixed toward white.

#9696bb

#ababc8

#c0c0d6

#d5d5e4

#eaeaf1

Tones

Color #8181ad mixed toward gray.

#8585a9

#8888a6

#8c8ca2

#90909e

#93939b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181a4 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#8181a1 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#819c9a · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8181ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8181ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8181ad (#8181ad) is rgb(129, 129, 173) in RGB.

No, #8181ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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