#8a88cc

Color #8a88cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.33 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a88cc

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 204)

HSL

hsl(241.8, 40%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.8, 33.3%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(59.32, 16.48, -34.85)

LCH

lch(59.32, 38.55, 295.31)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.1003, 284.6)

HWB

hwb(241.8, 53.3%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cacc88

Analogous

#88a8cc

#8a88cc

#ac88cc

Triadic

#8a88cc

#cc8a88

#88cc8a

Split-complementary

#8a88cc

#ccac88

#a8cc88

Tetradic

#8a88cc

#cc88ca

#cacc88

#88cc8a

Square

#8a88cc

#cc88a8

#cacc88

#88ccac

Shades

Color #8a88cc mixed toward black.

#6360bb

#47449f

#353377

#23224f

#121128

Tints

Color #8a88cc mixed toward white.

#9e9cd5

#b1b0dd

#c5c4e6

#d8d7ee

#ecebf7

Tones

Color #8a88cc mixed toward gray.

#8f8ec6

#9593c1

#9a99bb

#9f9fb5

#a5a4b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989be · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8989bb · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#8ab3b0 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a88cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a88cc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a88cc (#8a88cc) is rgb(138, 136, 204) in RGB.

No, #8a88cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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