#8c8ed7

Color #8c8ed7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.73 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8ed7

RGB

rgb(140, 142, 215)

HSL

hsl(238.4, 48.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.4, 34.9%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 34%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(61.5, 16.46, -37.58)

LCH

lch(61.5, 41.03, 293.65)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1073, 281.94)

HWB

hwb(238.4, 54.9%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7d58c

Analogous

#8cb3d7

#8c8ed7

#af8cd7

Triadic

#8c8ed7

#d78c8e

#8ed78c

Split-complementary

#8c8ed7

#d7af8c

#b3d78c

Tetradic

#8c8ed7

#d58cd7

#d7d58c

#8ed78c

Square

#8c8ed7

#d78cb3

#d7d58c

#8cd7af

Shades

Color #8c8ed7 mixed toward black.

#6063c8

#3d40b0

#2e3084

#1f2058

#0f102c

Tints

Color #8c8ed7 mixed toward white.

#9fa1de

#b2b4e4

#c5c6eb

#d9d9f2

#ececf8

Tones

Color #8c8ed7 mixed toward gray.

#9294d1

#989aca

#9fa0c4

#a5a6be

#abacb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dc8 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8d8dc5 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#8cbcb9 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8ed7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8ed7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c8ed7 (#8c8ed7) is rgb(140, 142, 215) in RGB.

No, #8c8ed7 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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