#8796dc

Color #8796dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.3 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8796dc

RGB

rgb(135, 150, 220)

HSL

hsl(229.4, 54.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.4, 38.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(63.45, 11.83, -37.35)

LCH

lch(63.45, 39.18, 287.57)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1047, 274.11)

HWB

hwb(229.4, 52.9%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dccd87

Analogous

#87c0dc

#8796dc

#a287dc

Triadic

#8796dc

#dc8796

#96dc87

Split-complementary

#8796dc

#dca287

#c0dc87

Tetradic

#8796dc

#cd87dc

#dccd87

#96dc87

Square

#8796dc

#dc87c0

#dccd87

#87dca2

Shades

Color #8796dc mixed toward black.

#596ecf

#354cb7

#283989

#1b265c

#0d132e

Tints

Color #8796dc mixed toward white.

#9ba8e2

#afb9e8

#c3cbed

#d7dcf3

#ebeef9

Tones

Color #8796dc mixed toward gray.

#8e9bd5

#959fce

#9ca4c7

#a3a8c0

#aaadb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ece · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#8d8cca · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#88c2bf · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8796dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8796dc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8796dc (#8796dc) is rgb(135, 150, 220) in RGB.

No, #8796dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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