#8478a8

Color #8478a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.76 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8478a8

RGB

rgb(132, 120, 168)

HSL

hsl(255, 21.6%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 28.6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(53.13, 14.95, -23.93)

LCH

lch(53.13, 28.22, 301.99)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0731, 295.62)

HWB

hwb(255, 47.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca878

Analogous

#7884a8

#8478a8

#9c78a8

Triadic

#8478a8

#a88478

#78a884

Split-complementary

#8478a8

#a89c78

#84a878

Tetradic

#8478a8

#a8789c

#9ca878

#78a884

Square

#8478a8

#a87884

#9ca878

#78a89c

Shades

Color #8478a8 mixed toward black.

#6b5e92

#564b75

#403858

#2b263a

#15131d

Tints

Color #8478a8 mixed toward white.

#998fb7

#ada5c5

#c2bcd4

#d6d2e2

#ebe9f1

Tones

Color #8478a8 mixed toward gray.

#867ca4

#8880a0

#8a849c

#8c8898

#8e8c94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f9e · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#80819c · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#839694 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8478a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8478a8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8478a8 (#8478a8) is rgb(132, 120, 168) in RGB.

No, #8478a8 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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