#8493df

Color #8493df

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8493df

RGB

rgb(132, 147, 223)

HSL

hsl(230.1, 58.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.1, 40.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(62.59, 13.6, -40.38)

LCH

lch(62.59, 42.61, 288.61)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1135, 274.5)

HWB

hwb(230.1, 51.8%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfd084

Analogous

#84c0df

#8493df

#a284df

Triadic

#8493df

#df8493

#93df84

Split-complementary

#8493df

#dfa284

#c0df84

Tetradic

#8493df

#d084df

#dfd084

#93df84

Square

#8493df

#df84c0

#dfd084

#84dfa2

Shades

Color #8493df mixed toward black.

#556ad3

#3148bc

#25368d

#18245e

#0c122f

Tints

Color #8493df mixed toward white.

#98a5e4

#adb7ea

#c1c9ef

#d6dbf4

#eaedfa

Tones

Color #8493df mixed toward gray.

#8c98d7

#939dd0

#9ba2c8

#a2a7c1

#aaacb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bd0 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#8a89cc · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#85c3c0 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8493df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8493df]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8493df (#8493df) is rgb(132, 147, 223) in RGB.

No, #8493df 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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