#8566cd

Color #8566cd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 4.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8566cd

RGB

rgb(133, 102, 205)

HSL

hsl(258.1, 50.7%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.1, 50.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(50.57, 35.31, -49.25)

LCH

lch(50.57, 60.6, 305.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.1537, 295.15)

HWB

hwb(258.1, 40%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aecd66

Analogous

#667acd

#8566cd

#b966cd

Triadic

#8566cd

#cd8566

#66cd85

Split-complementary

#8566cd

#cdb966

#7acd66

Tetradic

#8566cd

#cd66ae

#aecd66

#66cd85

Square

#8566cd

#cd667a

#aecd66

#66cdb9

Shades

Color #8566cd mixed toward black.

#663fc0

#52329a

#3d2674

#29194d

#140d27

Tints

Color #8566cd mixed toward white.

#9980d5

#ae99de

#c2b3e6

#d6ccee

#ebe6f7

Tones

Color #8566cd mixed toward gray.

#896fc4

#8c77bc

#8f80b3

#9388ab

#9691a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979bb · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#7b7db6 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#84aaa6 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8566cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8566cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8566cd (#8566cd) is rgb(133, 102, 205) in RGB.

No, #8566cd 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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