#8a7acc

Color #8a7acc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.53 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7acc

RGB

rgb(138, 122, 204)

HSL

hsl(251.7, 44.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.7, 40.2%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 40.2%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(55.77, 24.68, -40.41)

LCH

lch(55.77, 47.35, 301.41)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.1216, 291.46)

HWB

hwb(251.7, 47.8%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bccc7a

Analogous

#7a93cc

#8a7acc

#b37acc

Triadic

#8a7acc

#cc8a7a

#7acc8a

Split-complementary

#8a7acc

#ccb37a

#93cc7a

Tetradic

#8a7acc

#cc7abc

#bccc7a

#7acc8a

Square

#8a7acc

#cc7a93

#bccc7a

#7accb3

Shades

Color #8a7acc mixed toward black.

#6753bd

#4f3c9d

#3b2d76

#281e4f

#140f27

Tints

Color #8a7acc mixed toward white.

#9d90d5

#b1a6dd

#c4bce6

#d8d3ee

#ebe9f7

Tones

Color #8a7acc mixed toward gray.

#8e81c5

#9288be

#968eb7

#9b95b1

#9f9caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383bc · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#8485b8 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#89afab · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7acc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7acc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8a7acc (#8a7acc) is rgb(138, 122, 204) in RGB.

No, #8a7acc 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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