#897ad4

Color #897ad4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#897ad4

RGB

rgb(137, 122, 212)

HSL

hsl(250, 51.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 42.5%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.4%, 42.5%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(56.08, 26.53, -44.45)

LCH

lch(56.08, 51.77, 300.83)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1328, 289.72)

HWB

hwb(250, 47.8%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5d47a

Analogous

#7a98d4

#897ad4

#b67ad4

Triadic

#897ad4

#d4897a

#7ad489

Split-complementary

#897ad4

#d4b67a

#98d47a

Tetradic

#897ad4

#d47ac5

#c5d47a

#7ad489

Square

#897ad4

#d47a98

#c5d47a

#7ad4b6

Shades

Color #897ad4 mixed toward black.

#6450c6

#4936a8

#37297e

#251b54

#120e2a

Tints

Color #897ad4 mixed toward white.

#9d90db

#b0a6e2

#c4bde9

#d8d3f1

#ebe9f8

Tones

Color #897ad4 mixed toward gray.

#8e82cc

#9389c5

#9891be

#9d98b6

#a2a0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383c3 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#8485bf · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#88b4b1 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #897ad4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#897ad4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#897ad4 (#897ad4) is rgb(137, 122, 212) in RGB.

No, #897ad4 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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