#8980d0

Color #8980d0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8980d0

RGB

rgb(137, 128, 208)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 46%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 38.5%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 38.5%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(57.38, 21.94, -40.14)

LCH

lch(57.38, 45.74, 298.66)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1181, 287.74)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 50.2%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7d080

Analogous

#809fd0

#8980d0

#b180d0

Triadic

#8980d0

#d08980

#80d089

Split-complementary

#8980d0

#d0b180

#9fd080

Tetradic

#8980d0

#d080c7

#c7d080

#80d089

Square

#8980d0

#d0809f

#c7d080

#80d0b1

Shades

Color #8980d0 mixed toward black.

#6357c1

#483ca4

#362d7b

#241e52

#120f29

Tints

Color #8980d0 mixed toward white.

#9d95d8

#b0aae0

#c4c0e8

#d8d5ef

#ebeaf7

Tones

Color #8980d0 mixed toward gray.

#8e87c9

#938dc3

#9994bc

#9e9bb5

#a3a1af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585c1 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8686bd · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#89b3b0 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8980d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8980d0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8980d0 (#8980d0) is rgb(137, 128, 208) in RGB.

No, #8980d0 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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