#8865ea

Color #8865ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 4.26 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8865ea

RGB

rgb(136, 101, 234)

HSL

hsl(255.8, 76%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.8, 56.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(52.38, 44.39, -62.74)

LCH

lch(52.38, 76.86, 305.28)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1924, 291.78)

HWB

hwb(255.8, 39.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7ea65

Analogous

#6585ea

#8865ea

#cb65ea

Triadic

#8865ea

#ea8865

#65ea88

Split-complementary

#8865ea

#eacb65

#85ea65

Tetradic

#8865ea

#ea65c7

#c7ea65

#65ea88

Square

#8865ea

#ea6585

#c7ea65

#65eacb

Shades

Color #8865ea mixed toward black.

#6234e3

#481bc5

#361493

#240d62

#120731

Tints

Color #8865ea mixed toward white.

#9c7fee

#b098f1

#c4b2f5

#d7ccf8

#ebe5fc

Tones

Color #8865ea mixed toward gray.

#8d70df

#937bd4

#9886c9

#9d91be

#a29cb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ad4 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#7c7fce · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#87bfba · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 28.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8865ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8865ea]

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

#8865ea (#8865ea) is rgb(136, 101, 234) in RGB.

No, #8865ea 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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