#8c7cc2

Color #8c7cc2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7cc2

RGB

rgb(140, 124, 194)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 36.5%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 36.1%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 36.1%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(55.97, 21.5, -34.39)

LCH

lch(55.97, 40.56, 302.01)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1045, 293.7)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 48.6%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2c27c

Analogous

#7c8fc2

#8c7cc2

#af7cc2

Triadic

#8c7cc2

#c28c7c

#7cc28c

Split-complementary

#8c7cc2

#c2af7c

#8fc27c

Tetradic

#8c7cc2

#c27cb2

#b2c27c

#7cc28c

Square

#8c7cc2

#c27c8f

#b2c27c

#7cc2af

Shades

Color #8c7cc2 mixed toward black.

#6c58b1

#554391

#40336d

#2b2248

#151124

Tints

Color #8c7cc2 mixed toward white.

#9f92cc

#b2a8d6

#c6bee1

#d9d3eb

#ece9f5

Tones

Color #8c7cc2 mixed toward gray.

#8f82bc

#9288b6

#968eb1

#9993ab

#9c99a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585b4 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#8687b1 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#8ba8a6 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7cc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7cc2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8c7cc2 (#8c7cc2) is rgb(140, 124, 194) in RGB.

No, #8c7cc2 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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