#8c86ef

Color #8c86ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#8c86ef

RGB

rgb(140, 134, 239)

HSL

hsl(243.4, 76.6%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.4, 43.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.4%, 43.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(60.65, 27.69, -52.26)

LCH

lch(60.65, 59.14, 297.92)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.1523, 284.1)

HWB

hwb(243.4, 52.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ef86

Analogous

#86b4ef

#8c86ef

#c086ef

Triadic

#8c86ef

#ef8c86

#86ef8c

Split-complementary

#8c86ef

#efc086

#b4ef86

Tetradic

#8c86ef

#ef86e9

#e9ef86

#86ef8c

Square

#8c86ef

#ef86b4

#e9ef86

#86efc0

Shades

Color #8c86ef mixed toward black.

#584fe8

#281ddb

#1e16a5

#140f6e

#0a0737

Tints

Color #8c86ef mixed toward white.

#9f9af2

#b2aef4

#c5c2f7

#d9d7fa

#ecebfc

Tones

Color #8c86ef mixed toward gray.

#948fe6

#9b97dd

#a3a0d5

#aba9cc

#b3b2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989db · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8ad6 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#8ccac6 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c86ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c86ef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c86ef (#8c86ef) is rgb(140, 134, 239) in RGB.

No, #8c86ef 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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