#8a66ff

Color #8a66ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a66ff

RGB

rgb(138, 102, 255)

HSL

hsl(254.1, 100%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.1, 60%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 60%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(54.16, 49.99, -71.55)

LCH

lch(54.16, 87.28, 304.94)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2169, 289.45)

HWB

hwb(254.1, 40%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbff66

Analogous

#668fff

#8a66ff

#d666ff

Triadic

#8a66ff

#ff8a66

#66ff8a

Split-complementary

#8a66ff

#ffd666

#8fff66

Tetradic

#8a66ff

#ff66db

#dbff66

#66ff8a

Square

#8a66ff

#ff668f

#dbff66

#66ffd6

Shades

Color #8a66ff mixed toward black.

#5c2bff

#3800ee

#2a00b3

#1c0077

#0e003b

Tints

Color #8a66ff mixed toward white.

#9d80ff

#b199ff

#c4b3ff

#d8ccff

#ebe5ff

Tones

Color #8a66ff mixed toward gray.

#9173f2

#977fe5

#9e8cd9

#a599cc

#aca6bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ce6 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#7e81df · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#88cfca · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a66ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a66ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a66ff (#8a66ff) is rgb(138, 102, 255) in RGB.

No, #8a66ff 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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