#886cee

Color #886cee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#886cee

RGB

rgb(136, 108, 238)

HSL

hsl(252.9, 79.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.9, 54.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(54.17, 41.53, -62.1)

LCH

lch(54.17, 74.71, 303.77)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1878, 289.73)

HWB

hwb(252.9, 42.4%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2ee6c

Analogous

#6c91ee

#886cee

#c96cee

Triadic

#886cee

#ee886c

#6cee88

Split-complementary

#886cee

#eec96c

#91ee6c

Tetradic

#886cee

#ee6cd2

#d2ee6c

#6cee88

Square

#886cee

#ee6c91

#d2ee6c

#6ceec9

Shades

Color #886cee mixed toward black.

#5e38e8

#3f18cf

#2f129b

#200c67

#100634

Tints

Color #886cee mixed toward white.

#9c84f1

#b09df4

#c3b5f7

#d7cef9

#ebe6fc

Tones

Color #886cee mixed toward gray.

#8e77e3

#9481d8

#9a8ccd

#a197c3

#a7a2b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dd8 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#7e80d2 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#87c4bf · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #886cee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#886cee]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#886cee (#886cee) is rgb(136, 108, 238) in RGB.

No, #886cee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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