#8c83e2

Color #8c83e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c83e2

RGB

rgb(140, 131, 226)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 62.1%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 42%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 42%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(59.25, 25.84, -47.27)

LCH

lch(59.25, 53.87, 298.66)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.1386, 286.25)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 51.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e283

Analogous

#83a9e2

#8c83e2

#bc83e2

Triadic

#8c83e2

#e28c83

#83e28c

Split-complementary

#8c83e2

#e2bc83

#a9e283

Tetradic

#8c83e2

#e283d9

#d9e283

#83e28c

Square

#8c83e2

#e283a9

#d9e283

#83e2bc

Shades

Color #8c83e2 mixed toward black.

#5f53d7

#3b2dc1

#2c2291

#1e1760

#0f0b30

Tints

Color #8c83e2 mixed toward white.

#9f98e7

#b2acec

#c6c1f1

#d9d6f5

#eceafa

Tones

Color #8c83e2 mixed toward gray.

#928bda

#9993d2

#9f9bca

#a6a3c2

#acabba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888d0 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8989cb · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#8cc0bd · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c83e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c83e2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c83e2 (#8c83e2) is rgb(140, 131, 226) in RGB.

No, #8c83e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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