#8e7eb2

Color #8e7eb2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 22.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7eb2

RGB

rgb(142, 126, 178)

HSL

hsl(258.5, 25.2%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.5, 29.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(55.97, 17.03, -25.23)

LCH

lch(55.97, 30.44, 304.02)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0789, 298.22)

HWB

hwb(258.5, 49.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2b27e

Analogous

#7e88b2

#8e7eb2

#a87eb2

Triadic

#8e7eb2

#b28e7e

#7eb28e

Split-complementary

#8e7eb2

#b2a87e

#88b27e

Tetradic

#8e7eb2

#b27ea2

#a2b27e

#7eb28e

Square

#8e7eb2

#b27e88

#a2b27e

#7eb2a8

Shades

Color #8e7eb2 mixed toward black.

#725f9f

#5c4c7f

#45395f

#2e263f

#171320

Tints

Color #8e7eb2 mixed toward white.

#a194bf

#b4a9cc

#c7bfd8

#d9d4e5

#eceaf2

Tones

Color #8e7eb2 mixed toward gray.

#9082ae

#9187a9

#938ba5

#958fa1

#96949c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a7 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#8889a5 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#8d9e9c · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7eb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7eb2]

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

#8e7eb2 (#8e7eb2) is rgb(142, 126, 178) in RGB.

No, #8e7eb2 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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