#8488ea

Color #8488ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8488ea

RGB

rgb(132, 136, 234)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 70.8%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 43.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.6%, 41.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(60.3, 23.15, -50.1)

LCH

lch(60.3, 55.19, 294.8)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1438, 279.97)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 51.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae684

Analogous

#84bbea

#8488ea

#b384ea

Triadic

#8488ea

#ea8488

#88ea84

Split-complementary

#8488ea

#eab384

#bbea84

Tetradic

#8488ea

#e684ea

#eae684

#88ea84

Square

#8488ea

#ea84bb

#eae684

#84eab3

Shades

Color #8488ea mixed toward black.

#5056e1

#242bd0

#1b209c

#121568

#090b34

Tints

Color #8488ea mixed toward white.

#999cee

#adb0f1

#c2c4f5

#d6d7f8

#ebebfc

Tones

Color #8488ea mixed toward gray.

#8d90e2

#9598d9

#9ea0d1

#a6a7c8

#afafc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686d8 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8685d3 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#84c7c4 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8488ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8488ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8488ea (#8488ea) is rgb(132, 136, 234) in RGB.

No, #8488ea 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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