#8c7ab7

Color #8c7ab7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 23.39 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7ab7

RGB

rgb(140, 122, 183)

HSL

hsl(257.7, 29.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.7, 33.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(54.98, 19.94, -29.65)

LCH

lch(54.98, 35.73, 303.92)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0923, 297.2)

HWB

hwb(257.7, 47.8%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b77a

Analogous

#7a86b7

#8c7ab7

#ab7ab7

Triadic

#8c7ab7

#b78c7a

#7ab78c

Split-complementary

#8c7ab7

#b7ab7a

#86b77a

Tetradic

#8c7ab7

#b77aa5

#a5b77a

#7ab78c

Square

#8c7ab7

#b77a86

#a5b77a

#7ab7ab

Shades

Color #8c7ab7 mixed toward black.

#7059a5

#594784

#433663

#2d2442

#161221

Tints

Color #8c7ab7 mixed toward white.

#9f90c3

#b2a6cf

#c5bcdb

#d9d3e7

#ece9f3

Tones

Color #8c7ab7 mixed toward gray.

#8e7fb2

#9084ad

#9289a8

#948ea3

#96939e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8584ab · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#8687a8 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#8ba09e · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7ab7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7ab7]

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

#8c7ab7 (#8c7ab7) is rgb(140, 122, 183) in RGB.

No, #8c7ab7 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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