#8d74f2

Color #8d74f2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8d74f2

RGB

rgb(141, 116, 242)

HSL

hsl(251.9, 82.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.9, 52.1%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 52.1%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(56.65, 39.18, -60.32)

LCH

lch(56.65, 71.93, 303.01)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1817, 289.38)

HWB

hwb(251.9, 45.5%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9f274

Analogous

#749af2

#8d74f2

#cc74f2

Triadic

#8d74f2

#f28d74

#74f28d

Split-complementary

#8d74f2

#f2cc74

#9af274

Tetradic

#8d74f2

#f274d9

#d9f274

#74f28d

Square

#8d74f2

#f2749a

#d9f274

#74f2cc

Shades

Color #8d74f2 mixed toward black.

#603ded

#3c14da

#2d0fa4

#1e0a6d

#0f0537

Tints

Color #8d74f2 mixed toward white.

#a08bf4

#b3a2f6

#c6baf9

#d9d1fb

#ece8fd

Tones

Color #8d74f2 mixed toward gray.

#937fe8

#9a89dd

#a094d3

#a69ec8

#ada9be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383dc · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#8486d6 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#8cc8c4 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d74f2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d74f2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d74f2 (#8d74f2) is rgb(141, 116, 242) in RGB.

No, #8d74f2 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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