#8d5efb

Color #8d5efb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8d5efb

RGB

rgb(141, 94, 251)

HSL

hsl(258, 95.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258, 62.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 62.5%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(52.54, 53.81, -71.94)

LCH

lch(52.54, 89.84, 306.8)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.2223, 292.4)

HWB

hwb(258, 36.9%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccfb5e

Analogous

#5e7dfb

#8d5efb

#dc5efb

Triadic

#8d5efb

#fb8d5e

#5efb8d

Split-complementary

#8d5efb

#fbdc5e

#7dfb5e

Tetradic

#8d5efb

#fb5ecc

#ccfb5e

#5efb8d

Square

#8d5efb

#fb5e7d

#ccfb5e

#5efbdc

Shades

Color #8d5efb mixed toward black.

#6526fa

#4706e0

#3504a8

#240370

#120138

Tints

Color #8d5efb mixed toward white.

#a079fc

#b393fc

#c6aefd

#d9c9fe

#ece4fe

Tones

Color #8d5efb mixed toward gray.

#926bee

#9778e1

#9d85d4

#a292c7

#a79fb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7be2 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#7e81db · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#8bcbc5 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d5efb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d5efb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8d5efb (#8d5efb) is rgb(141, 94, 251) in RGB.

No, #8d5efb 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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