#8a81f3

Color #8a81f3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a81f3

RGB

rgb(138, 129, 243)

HSL

hsl(244.7, 82.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.7, 46.9%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 46.9%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(59.5, 31.25, -56.32)

LCH

lch(59.5, 64.41, 299.02)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.165, 284.53)

HWB

hwb(244.7, 50.6%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaf381

Analogous

#81b1f3

#8a81f3

#c381f3

Triadic

#8a81f3

#f38a81

#81f38a

Split-complementary

#8a81f3

#f3c381

#b1f381

Tetradic

#8a81f3

#f381ea

#eaf381

#81f38a

Square

#8a81f3

#f381b1

#eaf381

#81f3c3

Shades

Color #8a81f3 mixed toward black.

#5548ee

#2616e2

#1c10aa

#130b71

#090539

Tints

Color #8a81f3 mixed toward white.

#9d96f5

#b1abf7

#c4c0f9

#d8d5fb

#ebeafd

Tones

Color #8a81f3 mixed toward gray.

#928ae9

#9a94e0

#a29dd6

#aaa7cd

#b2b0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686de · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8787d9 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#8accc8 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a81f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a81f3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a81f3 (#8a81f3) is rgb(138, 129, 243) in RGB.

No, #8a81f3 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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