#897cc4

Color #897cc4

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#897cc4

RGB

rgb(137, 124, 196)

HSL

hsl(250.8, 37.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.8, 36.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(55.81, 21.14, -35.81)

LCH

lch(55.81, 41.58, 300.55)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.1072, 291.28)

HWB

hwb(250.8, 48.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7c47c

Analogous

#7c93c4

#897cc4

#ad7cc4

Triadic

#897cc4

#c4897c

#7cc489

Split-complementary

#897cc4

#c4ad7c

#93c47c

Tetradic

#897cc4

#c47cb7

#b7c47c

#7cc489

Square

#897cc4

#c47c93

#b7c47c

#7cc4ad

Shades

Color #897cc4 mixed toward black.

#6857b3

#514293

#3d326e

#282149

#141125

Tints

Color #897cc4 mixed toward white.

#9d92ce

#b0a8d8

#c4bde1

#d8d3eb

#ebe9f5

Tones

Color #897cc4 mixed toward gray.

#8d82be

#9188b8

#948eb2

#9894ac

#9c9aa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8483b6 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#8485b2 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#88aaa7 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #897cc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#897cc4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#897cc4 (#897cc4) is rgb(137, 124, 196) in RGB.

No, #897cc4 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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