#8c84cb

Color #8c84cb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.14 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c84cb

RGB

rgb(140, 132, 203)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 40.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 35%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 35%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(58.4, 19.13, -35.69)

LCH

lch(58.4, 40.49, 298.19)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1048, 288.3)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 51.8%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3cb84

Analogous

#849fcb

#8c84cb

#b084cb

Triadic

#8c84cb

#cb8c84

#84cb8c

Split-complementary

#8c84cb

#cbb084

#9fcb84

Tetradic

#8c84cb

#cb84c3

#c3cb84

#84cb8c

Square

#8c84cb

#cb849f

#c3cb84

#84cbb0

Shades

Color #8c84cb mixed toward black.

#675dba

#4d429d

#393276

#26214f

#131127

Tints

Color #8c84cb mixed toward white.

#9f99d4

#b2addc

#c6c2e5

#d9d6ee

#ecebf6

Tones

Color #8c84cb mixed toward gray.

#918ac5

#9590bf

#9a96b9

#9e9cb3

#a3a2ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989bd · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#898ab9 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#8cb1ae · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c84cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c84cb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c84cb (#8c84cb) is rgb(140, 132, 203) in RGB.

No, #8c84cb 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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