#8b8bff

Color #8b8bff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8bff

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(62.65, 29.08, -57.89)

LCH

lch(62.65, 64.78, 296.67)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1673, 281.1)

HWB

hwb(240, 54.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff8b

Analogous

#8bc5ff

#8b8bff

#c58bff

Triadic

#8b8bff

#ff8b8b

#8bff8b

Split-complementary

#8b8bff

#ffc58b

#c5ff8b

Tetradic

#8b8bff

#ff8bff

#ffff8b

#8bff8b

Square

#8b8bff

#ff8bc5

#ffff8b

#8bffc5

Shades

Color #8b8bff mixed toward black.

#4a4aff

#0808ff

#0000c5

#000083

#000042

Tints

Color #8b8bff mixed toward white.

#9f9fff

#b2b2ff

#c5c5ff

#d8d8ff

#ececff

Tones

Color #8b8bff mixed toward gray.

#9595f5

#9f9fec

#a8a8e2

#b2b2d8

#bbbbcf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bea · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8b8be4 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8bd7d2 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8bff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8bff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8bff (#8b8bff) is rgb(139, 139, 255) in RGB.

No, #8b8bff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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