#8970f9

Color #8970f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8970f9

RGB

rgb(137, 112, 249)

HSL

hsl(250.9, 91.9%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.9, 55%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 55%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(55.83, 42.53, -65.53)

LCH

lch(55.83, 78.12, 302.98)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.1963, 287.89)

HWB

hwb(250.9, 43.9%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0f970

Analogous

#709cf9

#8970f9

#cd70f9

Triadic

#8970f9

#f98970

#70f989

Split-complementary

#8970f9

#f9cd70

#9cf970

Tetradic

#8970f9

#f970e0

#e0f970

#70f989

Square

#8970f9

#f9709c

#e0f970

#70f9cd

Shades

Color #8970f9 mixed toward black.

#5936f7

#320ae7

#2507ad

#190573

#0c023a

Tints

Color #8970f9 mixed toward white.

#9d88fa

#b0a0fb

#c4b8fc

#d8cffd

#ebe7fe

Tones

Color #8970f9 mixed toward gray.

#907cee

#9787e2

#9f92d7

#a69ecb

#ada9c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fe2 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8082db · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#88cdc7 · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8970f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8970f9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8970f9 (#8970f9) is rgb(137, 112, 249) in RGB.

No, #8970f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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