#8b86d6

Color #8b86d6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.56 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b86d6

RGB

rgb(139, 134, 214)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 49.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 37.4%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35%, 37.4%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(59.34, 20.58, -40.43)

LCH

lch(59.34, 45.37, 296.98)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1175, 285.55)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 52.5%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1d686

Analogous

#86a9d6

#8b86d6

#b386d6

Triadic

#8b86d6

#d68b86

#86d68b

Split-complementary

#8b86d6

#d6b386

#a9d686

Tetradic

#8b86d6

#d686d1

#d1d686

#86d68b

Square

#8b86d6

#d686a9

#d1d686

#86d6b3

Shades

Color #8b86d6 mixed toward black.

#615bc7

#423bad

#312c82

#211d57

#100f2b

Tints

Color #8b86d6 mixed toward white.

#9e9add

#b2aee4

#c5c2ea

#d8d7f1

#ecebf8

Tones

Color #8b86d6 mixed toward gray.

#918dcf

#9793c9

#9c9ac2

#a2a1bb

#a8a7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989c6 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#898ac2 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#8bb9b6 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b86d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b86d6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b86d6 (#8b86d6) is rgb(139, 134, 214) in RGB.

No, #8b86d6 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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