#8c6be4

Color #8c6be4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c6be4

RGB

rgb(140, 107, 228)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 69.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 53.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(53.7, 40.28, -57.23)

LCH

lch(53.7, 69.98, 305.14)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.1764, 293.09)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 42%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3e46b

Analogous

#6b86e4

#8c6be4

#c96be4

Triadic

#8c6be4

#e48c6b

#6be48c

Split-complementary

#8c6be4

#e4c96b

#86e46b

Tetradic

#8c6be4

#e46bc3

#c3e46b

#6be48c

Square

#8c6be4

#e46b86

#c3e46b

#6be4c9

Shades

Color #8c6be4 mixed toward black.

#673cdb

#4d23bd

#3a1a8e

#26115e

#13092f

Tints

Color #8c6be4 mixed toward white.

#9f84e8

#b29ced

#c6b5f1

#d9cef6

#ece6fa

Tones

Color #8c6be4 mixed toward gray.

#9175da

#957fd0

#9a89c6

#9e93bc

#a39db2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fcf · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#8183c9 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#8bbcb8 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c6be4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c6be4]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8c6be4 (#8c6be4) is rgb(140, 107, 228) in RGB.

No, #8c6be4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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