#8a81e0

Color #8a81e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a81e0

RGB

rgb(138, 129, 224)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 60.5%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 42.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(58.49, 25.95, -47.36)

LCH

lch(58.49, 54, 298.72)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1389, 286.22)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 50.6%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e081

Analogous

#81a7e0

#8a81e0

#b981e0

Triadic

#8a81e0

#e08a81

#81e08a

Split-complementary

#8a81e0

#e0b981

#a7e081

Tetradic

#8a81e0

#e081d7

#d7e081

#81e08a

Square

#8a81e0

#e081a7

#d7e081

#81e0b9

Shades

Color #8a81e0 mixed toward black.

#5e52d4

#3c2ebd

#2d238e

#1e175e

#0f0c2f

Tints

Color #8a81e0 mixed toward white.

#9d96e5

#b1abea

#c4c0ef

#d8d5f5

#ebeafa

Tones

Color #8a81e0 mixed toward gray.

#9089d8

#9791d0

#9d99c8

#a4a1c0

#aaa9b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686ce · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8787ca · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#8abebb · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a81e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a81e0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a81e0 (#8a81e0) is rgb(138, 129, 224) in RGB.

No, #8a81e0 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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