#8979b9

Color #8979b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 22.08 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8979b9

RGB

rgb(137, 121, 185)

HSL

hsl(255, 31.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 34.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(54.55, 20.1, -31.49)

LCH

lch(54.55, 37.36, 302.55)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0964, 294.92)

HWB

hwb(255, 47.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b979

Analogous

#7989b9

#8979b9

#a979b9

Triadic

#8979b9

#b98979

#79b989

Split-complementary

#8979b9

#b9a979

#89b979

Tetradic

#8979b9

#b979a9

#a9b979

#79b989

Square

#8979b9

#b97989

#a9b979

#79b9a9

Shades

Color #8979b9 mixed toward black.

#6b57a8

#564686

#403465

#2b2343

#151122

Tints

Color #8979b9 mixed toward white.

#9d8fc5

#b0a6d0

#c4bcdc

#d8d2e8

#ebe9f3

Tones

Color #8979b9 mixed toward gray.

#8c7eb4

#8e84ae

#9189a9

#948ea4

#96949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282ac · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#8384a9 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#88a19f · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8979b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8979b9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8979b9 (#8979b9) is rgb(137, 121, 185) in RGB.

No, #8979b9 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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