#8b83db

Color #8b83db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b83db

RGB

rgb(139, 131, 219)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 55%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 40.2%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 40.2%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(58.82, 23.68, -44.04)

LCH

lch(58.82, 50, 298.27)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.129, 286.44)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 51.4%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3db83

Analogous

#83a7db

#8b83db

#b783db

Triadic

#8b83db

#db8b83

#83db8b

Split-complementary

#8b83db

#dbb783

#a7db83

Tetradic

#8b83db

#db83d3

#d3db83

#83db8b

Square

#8b83db

#db83a7

#d3db83

#83dbb7

Shades

Color #8b83db mixed toward black.

#6156ce

#4034b5

#302788

#201a5a

#100d2d

Tints

Color #8b83db mixed toward white.

#9e98e1

#b2ace7

#c5c1ed

#d8d6f3

#eceaf9

Tones

Color #8b83db mixed toward gray.

#918ad4

#9792cc

#9d99c5

#a3a0be

#a9a8b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888ca · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8889c6 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8bbcb8 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b83db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b83db]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b83db (#8b83db) is rgb(139, 131, 219) in RGB.

No, #8b83db 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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