#8e72ff

Color #8e72ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 5.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e72ff

RGB

rgb(142, 114, 255)

HSL

hsl(251.9, 100%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.9, 55.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(57.08, 44.13, -66.81)

LCH

lch(57.08, 80.07, 303.45)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.201, 288.66)

HWB

hwb(251.9, 44.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3ff72

Analogous

#729dff

#8e72ff

#d572ff

Triadic

#8e72ff

#ff8e72

#72ff8e

Split-complementary

#8e72ff

#ffd572

#9dff72

Tetradic

#8e72ff

#ff72e3

#e3ff72

#72ff8e

Square

#8e72ff

#ff729d

#e3ff72

#72ffd5

Shades

Color #8e72ff mixed toward black.

#5d35ff

#3100f6

#2500b9

#18007b

#0c003e

Tints

Color #8e72ff mixed toward white.

#a18aff

#b4a1ff

#c7b9ff

#d9d0ff

#ece8ff

Tones

Color #8e72ff mixed toward gray.

#957ef3

#9c8ae8

#a395dc

#aaa1d0

#b2adc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383e7 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#8486e1 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#8dd1cc · ΔE 37.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e72ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e72ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8e72ff (#8e72ff) is rgb(142, 114, 255) in RGB.

No, #8e72ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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