#8686ea

Color #8686ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.99 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8686ea

RGB

rgb(134, 134, 234)

HSL

hsl(240, 70.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 42.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 42.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(59.94, 24.81, -50.65)

LCH

lch(59.94, 56.4, 296.1)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1461, 281.69)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaea86

Analogous

#86b8ea

#8686ea

#b886ea

Triadic

#8686ea

#ea8686

#86ea86

Split-complementary

#8686ea

#eab886

#b8ea86

Tetradic

#8686ea

#ea86ea

#eaea86

#86ea86

Square

#8686ea

#ea86b8

#eaea86

#86eab8

Shades

Color #8686ea mixed toward black.

#5252e1

#2424d1

#1b1b9d

#121269

#090934

Tints

Color #8686ea mixed toward white.

#9a9aee

#aeaef1

#c3c3f5

#d7d7f8

#ebebfc

Tones

Color #8686ea mixed toward gray.

#8f8fe2

#9797d9

#9f9fd1

#a7a7c9

#b0b0c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686d7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8686d2 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#86c7c3 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8686ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8686ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8686ea (#8686ea) is rgb(134, 134, 234) in RGB.

No, #8686ea 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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