#8879fa

Color #8879fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8879fa

RGB

rgb(136, 121, 250)

HSL

hsl(247, 92.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 51.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(57.86, 37.43, -62.83)

LCH

lch(57.86, 73.13, 300.78)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1855, 285.32)

HWB

hwb(247, 47.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebfa79

Analogous

#79aafa

#8879fa

#c879fa

Triadic

#8879fa

#fa8879

#79fa88

Split-complementary

#8879fa

#fac879

#aafa79

Tetradic

#8879fa

#fa79eb

#ebfa79

#79fa88

Square

#8879fa

#fa79aa

#ebfa79

#79fac8

Shades

Color #8879fa mixed toward black.

#533df8

#2409ee

#1b07b3

#120477

#09023c

Tints

Color #8879fa mixed toward white.

#9c8ffb

#b0a6fc

#c3bcfc

#d7d2fd

#ebe9fe

Tones

Color #8879fa mixed toward gray.

#9084ef

#988ee4

#a199da

#a9a4cf

#b1afc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282e3 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#8384dd · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#87cfca · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8879fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8879fa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8879fa (#8879fa) is rgb(136, 121, 250) in RGB.

No, #8879fa 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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