#8b72e7

Color #8b72e7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b72e7

RGB

rgb(139, 114, 231)

HSL

hsl(252.8, 70.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.8, 50.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(55.37, 36.85, -56.24)

LCH

lch(55.37, 67.24, 303.23)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.1702, 290.5)

HWB

hwb(252.8, 44.7%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cee772

Analogous

#7293e7

#8b72e7

#c572e7

Triadic

#8b72e7

#e78b72

#72e78b

Split-complementary

#8b72e7

#e7c572

#93e772

Tetradic

#8b72e7

#e772ce

#cee772

#72e78b

Square

#8b72e7

#e77293

#cee772

#72e7c5

Shades

Color #8b72e7 mixed toward black.

#6241df

#4421c4

#331993

#221162

#110831

Tints

Color #8b72e7 mixed toward white.

#9e89eb

#b2a1ef

#c5b8f3

#d8d0f7

#ece7fb

Tones

Color #8b72e7 mixed toward gray.

#907cdd

#9685d3

#9c8fca

#a199c0

#a7a3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181d2 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#8284cd · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#8ac0bb · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b72e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b72e7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b72e7 (#8b72e7) is rgb(139, 114, 231) in RGB.

No, #8b72e7 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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