#838fe6

Color #838fe6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#838fe6

RGB

rgb(131, 143, 230)

HSL

hsl(232.7, 66.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.7, 43%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 37.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(61.81, 17.66, -45.49)

LCH

lch(61.81, 48.8, 291.22)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1289, 276.41)

HWB

hwb(232.7, 51.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6da83

Analogous

#83c1e6

#838fe6

#a983e6

Triadic

#838fe6

#e6838f

#8fe683

Split-complementary

#838fe6

#e6a983

#c1e683

Tetradic

#838fe6

#da83e6

#e6da83

#8fe683

Square

#838fe6

#e683c1

#e6da83

#83e6a9

Shades

Color #838fe6 mixed toward black.

#5162dc

#283cc8

#1e2d96

#141e64

#0a0f32

Tints

Color #838fe6 mixed toward white.

#98a2ea

#acb4ee

#c1c7f2

#d6daf7

#eaecfb

Tones

Color #838fe6 mixed toward gray.

#8b95de

#949cd6

#9ca2cd

#a4a8c5

#acaebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888d5 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8887d1 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#84c6c3 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838fe6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838fe6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#838fe6 (#838fe6) is rgb(131, 143, 230) in RGB.

No, #838fe6 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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