#8a74bb

Color #8a74bb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 20.47 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a74bb

RGB

rgb(138, 116, 187)

HSL

hsl(258.6, 34.3%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.6, 38%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 38%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(53.47, 23.85, -34.31)

LCH

lch(53.47, 41.79, 304.8)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1076, 297.4)

HWB

hwb(258.6, 45.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5bb74

Analogous

#7481bb

#8a74bb

#ad74bb

Triadic

#8a74bb

#bb8a74

#74bb8a

Split-complementary

#8a74bb

#bbad74

#81bb74

Tetradic

#8a74bb

#bb74a5

#a5bb74

#74bb8a

Square

#8a74bb

#bb7481

#a5bb74

#74bbad

Shades

Color #8a74bb mixed toward black.

#6e53aa

#584288

#423266

#2c2144

#161122

Tints

Color #8a74bb mixed toward white.

#9d8bc6

#b1a2d2

#c4b9dd

#d8d1e8

#ebe8f4

Tones

Color #8a74bb mixed toward gray.

#8c7ab5

#8e80af

#9186a9

#938ca3

#95929d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181ad · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8284aa · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#89a19e · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a74bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a74bb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8a74bb (#8a74bb) is rgb(138, 116, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a74bb 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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