#8a7bf9

Color #8a7bf9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7bf9

RGB

rgb(138, 123, 249)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 91.3%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 50.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(58.42, 36.43, -61.36)

LCH

lch(58.42, 71.36, 300.7)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.1812, 285.68)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 48.2%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaf97b

Analogous

#7babf9

#8a7bf9

#c97bf9

Triadic

#8a7bf9

#f98a7b

#7bf98a

Split-complementary

#8a7bf9

#f9c97b

#abf97b

Tetradic

#8a7bf9

#f97bea

#eaf97b

#7bf98a

Square

#8a7bf9

#f97bab

#eaf97b

#7bf9c9

Shades

Color #8a7bf9 mixed toward black.

#5540f6

#260bed

#1c08b2

#130577

#09033b

Tints

Color #8a7bf9 mixed toward white.

#9d91fa

#b1a7fb

#c4bdfc

#d8d3fd

#ebe9fe

Tones

Color #8a7bf9 mixed toward gray.

#9285ee

#9a90e4

#a29ad9

#aaa5cf

#b2afc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484e3 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8586dd · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#89cfca · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7bf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7bf9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a7bf9 (#8a7bf9) is rgb(138, 123, 249) in RGB.

No, #8a7bf9 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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