#8779eb

Color #8779eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8779eb

RGB

rgb(135, 121, 235)

HSL

hsl(247.4, 74%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.4, 48.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(56.9, 32.95, -56.04)

LCH

lch(56.9, 65.01, 300.45)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1657, 286.37)

HWB

hwb(247.4, 47.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddeb79

Analogous

#79a4eb

#8779eb

#c079eb

Triadic

#8779eb

#eb8779

#79eb87

Split-complementary

#8779eb

#ebc079

#a4eb79

Tetradic

#8779eb

#eb79dd

#ddeb79

#79eb87

Square

#8779eb

#eb79a4

#ddeb79

#79ebc0

Shades

Color #8779eb mixed toward black.

#5945e3

#351fce

#27179b

#1a0f67

#0d0834

Tints

Color #8779eb mixed toward white.

#9b8fee

#afa6f2

#c3bcf5

#d7d2f8

#ebe9fc

Tones

Color #8779eb mixed toward gray.

#8e83e1

#958cd8

#9d95ce

#a49fc5

#aba8bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181d7 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#8283d1 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#86c4c0 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 26.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8779eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8779eb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8779eb (#8779eb) is rgb(135, 121, 235) in RGB.

No, #8779eb 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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