#8279ec

Color #8279ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8279ec

RGB

rgb(130, 121, 236)

HSL

hsl(244.7, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.7, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.9%, 48.7%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(56.56, 32.07, -57.17)

LCH

lch(56.56, 65.55, 299.29)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1675, 284.14)

HWB

hwb(244.7, 47.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3ec79

Analogous

#79a9ec

#8279ec

#bc79ec

Triadic

#8279ec

#ec8279

#79ec82

Split-complementary

#8279ec

#ecbc79

#a9ec79

Tetradic

#8279ec

#ec79e3

#e3ec79

#79ec82

Square

#8279ec

#ec79a9

#e3ec79

#79ecbc

Shades

Color #8279ec mixed toward black.

#5145e5

#2c1ed0

#21169c

#160f68

#0b0734

Tints

Color #8279ec mixed toward white.

#978fef

#aca6f2

#c0bcf6

#d5d2f9

#eae9fc

Tones

Color #8279ec mixed toward gray.

#8a83e2

#928cd9

#9a96cf

#a29fc6

#aaa9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ed7 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7f7fd2 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#82c5c1 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8279ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8279ec]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8279ec (#8279ec) is rgb(130, 121, 236) in RGB.

No, #8279ec 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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