#8955f9

Color #8955f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8955f9

RGB

rgb(137, 85, 249)

HSL

hsl(259, 93.2%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259, 65.9%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 65.9%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(50.28, 57.22, -74.52)

LCH

lch(50.28, 93.95, 307.52)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.231, 292.56)

HWB

hwb(259, 33.3%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5f955

Analogous

#5573f9

#8955f9

#db55f9

Triadic

#8955f9

#f98955

#55f989

Split-complementary

#8955f9

#f9db55

#73f955

Tetradic

#8955f9

#f955c5

#c5f955

#55f989

Square

#8955f9

#f95573

#c5f955

#55f9db

Shades

Color #8955f9 mixed toward black.

#641ff7

#4908d7

#3706a1

#25046c

#120236

Tints

Color #8955f9 mixed toward white.

#9d71fa

#b08efb

#c4aafc

#d8c6fd

#ebe3fe

Tones

Color #8955f9 mixed toward gray.

#8e63eb

#9370de

#987ed0

#9d8cc2

#a299b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676df · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#797cd9 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#87c8c2 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8955f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8955f9]

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

#8955f9 (#8955f9) is rgb(137, 85, 249) in RGB.

No, #8955f9 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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