#8a80cf

Color #8a80cf

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a80cf

RGB

rgb(138, 128, 207)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 45.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 38.2%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(57.41, 21.95, -39.52)

LCH

lch(57.41, 45.21, 299.05)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1166, 288.45)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 50.2%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5cf80

Analogous

#809ecf

#8a80cf

#b280cf

Triadic

#8a80cf

#cf8a80

#80cf8a

Split-complementary

#8a80cf

#cfb280

#9ecf80

Tetradic

#8a80cf

#cf80c5

#c5cf80

#80cf8a

Square

#8a80cf

#cf809e

#c5cf80

#80cfb2

Shades

Color #8a80cf mixed toward black.

#6558c0

#4a3da2

#382e7a

#251f51

#130f29

Tints

Color #8a80cf mixed toward white.

#9e95d7

#b1aadf

#c5c0e7

#d8d5ef

#eceaf7

Tones

Color #8a80cf mixed toward gray.

#8f87c8

#948dc2

#9994bb

#9e9ab5

#a3a1ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686c0 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#8687bc · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#8ab2af · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a80cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a80cf]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a80cf (#8a80cf) is rgb(138, 128, 207) in RGB.

No, #8a80cf 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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