#8c88ce

Color #8c88ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.18 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c88ce

RGB

rgb(140, 136, 206)

HSL

hsl(243.4, 41.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.4, 34%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 34%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(59.56, 17.58, -35.58)

LCH

lch(59.56, 39.69, 296.29)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1031, 285.82)

HWB

hwb(243.4, 53.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cace88

Analogous

#88a7ce

#8c88ce

#af88ce

Triadic

#8c88ce

#ce8c88

#88ce8c

Split-complementary

#8c88ce

#ceaf88

#a7ce88

Tetradic

#8c88ce

#ce88ca

#cace88

#88ce8c

Square

#8c88ce

#ce88a7

#cace88

#88ceaf

Shades

Color #8c88ce mixed toward black.

#6560bd

#4843a2

#363279

#242151

#121128

Tints

Color #8c88ce mixed toward white.

#9f9cd6

#b2b0de

#c6c4e7

#d9d7ef

#ecebf7

Tones

Color #8c88ce mixed toward gray.

#918ec8

#9694c2

#9c9abd

#a19fb7

#a6a5b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ac0 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8b8bbd · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#8cb4b1 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c88ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c88ce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c88ce (#8c88ce) is rgb(140, 136, 206) in RGB.

No, #8c88ce 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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