#8c7dd6

Color #8c7dd6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7dd6

RGB

rgb(140, 125, 214)

HSL

hsl(250.1, 52%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.1, 41.6%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(57.17, 26.11, -43.83)

LCH

lch(57.17, 51.02, 300.78)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1309, 289.92)

HWB

hwb(250.1, 49%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7d67d

Analogous

#7d9bd6

#8c7dd6

#b97dd6

Triadic

#8c7dd6

#d68c7d

#7dd68c

Split-complementary

#8c7dd6

#d6b97d

#9bd67d

Tetradic

#8c7dd6

#d67dc7

#c7d67d

#7dd68c

Square

#8c7dd6

#d67d9b

#c7d67d

#7dd6b9

Shades

Color #8c7dd6 mixed toward black.

#6652c8

#4a36ac

#382981

#251b56

#130e2b

Tints

Color #8c7dd6 mixed toward white.

#9f93dd

#b2a8e4

#c6beea

#d9d4f1

#ece9f8

Tones

Color #8c7dd6 mixed toward gray.

#9185cf

#968cc7

#9b93c0

#a09bb8

#a5a2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686c5 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#8788c1 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#8bb6b3 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7dd6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7dd6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8c7dd6 (#8c7dd6) is rgb(140, 125, 214) in RGB.

No, #8c7dd6 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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