#8a97eb

Color #8a97eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a97eb

RGB

rgb(138, 151, 235)

HSL

hsl(232, 70.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232, 41.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(64.59, 16.19, -43.84)

LCH

lch(64.59, 46.73, 290.27)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.1238, 276.03)

HWB

hwb(232, 54.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebde8a

Analogous

#8ac7eb

#8a97eb

#ad8aeb

Triadic

#8a97eb

#eb8a97

#97eb8a

Split-complementary

#8a97eb

#ebad8a

#c7eb8a

Tetradic

#8a97eb

#de8aeb

#ebde8a

#97eb8a

Square

#8a97eb

#eb8ac7

#ebde8a

#8aebad

Shades

Color #8a97eb mixed toward black.

#5568e2

#243cd4

#1b2d9f

#121e6a

#090f35

Tints

Color #8a97eb mixed toward white.

#9da8ee

#b1baf2

#c4cbf5

#d8dcf8

#ebeefc

Tones

Color #8a97eb mixed toward gray.

#929de3

#9aa3db

#a2a9d3

#aaafcb

#b2b4c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090da · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8f8ed6 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8bccc9 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a97eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a97eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a97eb (#8a97eb) is rgb(138, 151, 235) in RGB.

No, #8a97eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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