#887dcb

Color #887dcb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.34 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#887dcb

RGB

rgb(136, 125, 203)

HSL

hsl(248.5, 42.9%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.5, 38.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(56.3, 22.1, -39.01)

LCH

lch(56.3, 44.84, 299.53)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1156, 289.14)

HWB

hwb(248.5, 49%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0cb7d

Analogous

#7d99cb

#887dcb

#af7dcb

Triadic

#887dcb

#cb887d

#7dcb88

Split-complementary

#887dcb

#cbaf7d

#99cb7d

Tetradic

#887dcb

#cb7dc0

#c0cb7d

#7dcb88

Square

#887dcb

#cb7d99

#c0cb7d

#7dcbaf

Shades

Color #887dcb mixed toward black.

#6456bb

#4c3e9c

#392f75

#261f4e

#131027

Tints

Color #887dcb mixed toward white.

#9c93d4

#b0a8dc

#c3bee5

#d7d4ee

#ebe9f6

Tones

Color #887dcb mixed toward gray.

#8d83c5

#918abe

#9690b7

#9b97b1

#9f9daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383bc · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8485b8 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#87afac · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #887dcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#887dcb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#887dcb (#887dcb) is rgb(136, 125, 203) in RGB.

No, #887dcb 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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