#8975b3

Color #8975b3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 24.12 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8975b3

RGB

rgb(137, 117, 179)

HSL

hsl(259.4, 29%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.4, 34.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(53.27, 20.97, -30.03)

LCH

lch(53.27, 36.63, 304.93)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0945, 298.35)

HWB

hwb(259.4, 45.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fb375

Analogous

#7580b3

#8975b3

#a875b3

Triadic

#8975b3

#b38975

#75b389

Split-complementary

#8975b3

#b3a875

#80b375

Tetradic

#8975b3

#b3759f

#9fb375

#75b389

Square

#8975b3

#b37580

#9fb375

#75b3a8

Shades

Color #8975b3 mixed toward black.

#6f589f

#58467f

#42355f

#2c2340

#161220

Tints

Color #8975b3 mixed toward white.

#9d8cc0

#b0a3cc

#c4bad9

#d8d1e6

#ebe8f2

Tones

Color #8975b3 mixed toward gray.

#8b7aae

#8d7fa9

#8e84a3

#908a9e

#928f99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181a7 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8283a4 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#889c9a · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8975b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8975b3]

Related colors

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Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8975b3 (#8975b3) is rgb(137, 117, 179) in RGB.

No, #8975b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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