#836cd5

Color #836cd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 4.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#836cd5

RGB

rgb(131, 108, 213)

HSL

hsl(253.1, 55.6%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.1, 49.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(52.23, 33.47, -51.15)

LCH

lch(52.23, 61.13, 303.2)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1552, 291.07)

HWB

hwb(253.1, 42.4%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bed56c

Analogous

#6c89d5

#836cd5

#b76cd5

Triadic

#836cd5

#d5836c

#6cd583

Split-complementary

#836cd5

#d5b76c

#89d56c

Tetradic

#836cd5

#d56cbe

#bed56c

#6cd583

Square

#836cd5

#d56c89

#bed56c

#6cd5b7

Shades

Color #836cd5 mixed toward black.

#6042c9

#492fa6

#37247d

#251853

#120c2a

Tints

Color #836cd5 mixed toward white.

#9784dc

#ac9de3

#c1b5ea

#d6cef1

#eae6f8

Tones

Color #836cd5 mixed toward gray.

#8875cc

#8d7dc3

#9286bb

#978fb2

#9b98a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ac2 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#7b7dbd · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#82b1ad · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836cd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836cd5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#836cd5 (#836cd5) is rgb(131, 108, 213) in RGB.

No, #836cd5 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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