#8a72f1

Color #8a72f1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 5.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a72f1

RGB

rgb(138, 114, 241)

HSL

hsl(251.3, 81.9%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.3, 52.7%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 52.7%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(55.87, 39.37, -61.02)

LCH

lch(55.87, 72.62, 302.83)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1833, 288.78)

HWB

hwb(251.3, 44.7%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9f172

Analogous

#729af1

#8a72f1

#c972f1

Triadic

#8a72f1

#f18a72

#72f18a

Split-complementary

#8a72f1

#f1c972

#9af172

Tetradic

#8a72f1

#f172d9

#d9f172

#72f18a

Square

#8a72f1

#f1729a

#d9f172

#72f1c9

Shades

Color #8a72f1 mixed toward black.

#5d3cec

#3a15d7

#2b10a1

#1d0b6c

#0e0536

Tints

Color #8a72f1 mixed toward white.

#9d89f3

#b1a1f6

#c4b8f8

#d8d0fa

#ebe7fd

Tones

Color #8a72f1 mixed toward gray.

#917de6

#9787dc

#9e92d1

#a49cc7

#aba7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080db · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8283d5 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#89c7c2 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a72f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a72f1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a72f1 (#8a72f1) is rgb(138, 114, 241) in RGB.

No, #8a72f1 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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