#8a75d1

Color #8a75d1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a75d1

RGB

rgb(138, 117, 209)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 50%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 44%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(34%, 44%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(54.79, 28.93, -44.78)

LCH

lch(54.79, 53.31, 302.86)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1363, 292.48)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 45.9%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcd175

Analogous

#758ed1

#8a75d1

#b875d1

Triadic

#8a75d1

#d18a75

#75d18a

Split-complementary

#8a75d1

#d1b875

#8ed175

Tetradic

#8a75d1

#d175bc

#bcd175

#75d18a

Square

#8a75d1

#d1758e

#bcd175

#75d1b8

Shades

Color #8a75d1 mixed toward black.

#674cc3

#4f36a3

#3b297a

#281b51

#140e29

Tints

Color #8a75d1 mixed toward white.

#9d8cd9

#b1a3e0

#c4bae8

#d8d1f0

#ebe8f7

Tones

Color #8a75d1 mixed toward gray.

#8e7dc9

#9284c2

#968cba

#9b94b2

#9f9bab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181c0 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8384bb · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#89b1ad · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a75d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a75d1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a75d1 (#8a75d1) is rgb(138, 117, 209) in RGB.

No, #8a75d1 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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