#8378ed

Color #8378ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8378ed

RGB

rgb(131, 120, 237)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 76.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 49.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.7%, 49.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(56.46, 33.18, -57.89)

LCH

lch(56.46, 66.72, 299.82)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1701, 284.75)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 47.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ed78

Analogous

#78a8ed

#8378ed

#bd78ed

Triadic

#8378ed

#ed8378

#78ed83

Split-complementary

#8378ed

#edbd78

#a8ed78

Tetradic

#8378ed

#ed78e2

#e2ed78

#78ed83

Square

#8378ed

#ed78a8

#e2ed78

#78edbd

Shades

Color #8378ed mixed toward black.

#5343e6

#2d1cd2

#22159e

#160e69

#0b0735

Tints

Color #8378ed mixed toward white.

#988ef0

#aca5f3

#c1bbf6

#d6d2f9

#eae8fc

Tones

Color #8378ed mixed toward gray.

#8b82e3

#938bda

#9b95d0

#a39fc6

#aba9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ed8 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#7f80d3 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#82c5c1 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8378ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8378ed]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8378ed (#8378ed) is rgb(131, 120, 237) in RGB.

No, #8378ed 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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