#8b85b8

Color #8b85b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.36 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b85b8

RGB

rgb(139, 133, 184)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 26.4%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 27.7%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(57.77, 13.45, -25.91)

LCH

lch(57.77, 29.19, 297.43)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0758, 289.49)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 52.2%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2b885

Analogous

#8599b8

#8b85b8

#a585b8

Triadic

#8b85b8

#b88b85

#85b88b

Split-complementary

#8b85b8

#b8a585

#99b885

Tetradic

#8b85b8

#b885b2

#b2b885

#85b88b

Square

#8b85b8

#b88599

#b2b885

#85b8a5

Shades

Color #8b85b8 mixed toward black.

#6b64a5

#544e86

#3f3a64

#2a2743

#151321

Tints

Color #8b85b8 mixed toward white.

#9e99c4

#b2aed0

#c5c2dc

#d8d6e7

#ecebf3

Tones

Color #8b85b8 mixed toward gray.

#8e89b4

#928eb0

#9592ab

#9896a7

#9b9aa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888ad · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8989ab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8ba4a2 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b85b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b85b8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b85b8 (#8b85b8) is rgb(139, 133, 184) in RGB.

No, #8b85b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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