#8b7db5

Color #8b7db5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 22.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7db5

RGB

rgb(139, 125, 181)

HSL

hsl(255, 27.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 30.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 30.9%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(55.58, 17.38, -27.59)

LCH

lch(55.58, 32.61, 302.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0843, 295.35)

HWB

hwb(255, 49%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b57d

Analogous

#7d8bb5

#8b7db5

#a77db5

Triadic

#8b7db5

#b58b7d

#7db58b

Split-complementary

#8b7db5

#b5a77d

#8bb57d

Tetradic

#8b7db5

#b57da7

#a7b57d

#7db58b

Square

#8b7db5

#b57d8b

#a7b57d

#7db5a7

Shades

Color #8b7db5 mixed toward black.

#6e5ca3

#584a82

#423762

#2c2541

#161221

Tints

Color #8b7db5 mixed toward white.

#9e93c1

#b2a8ce

#c5beda

#d8d4e6

#ece9f3

Tones

Color #8b7db5 mixed toward gray.

#8d82b0

#9086ac

#928ba7

#9490a2

#97949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585aa · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#8687a7 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#8aa09e · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7db5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7db5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8b7db5 (#8b7db5) is rgb(139, 125, 181) in RGB.

No, #8b7db5 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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