#8e84ce

Color #8e84ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.98 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e84ce

RGB

rgb(142, 132, 206)

HSL

hsl(248.1, 43%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.1, 35.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(58.7, 20.48, -36.91)

LCH

lch(58.7, 42.21, 299.02)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1091, 289.22)

HWB

hwb(248.1, 51.8%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4ce84

Analogous

#849fce

#8e84ce

#b384ce

Triadic

#8e84ce

#ce8e84

#84ce8e

Split-complementary

#8e84ce

#ceb384

#9fce84

Tetradic

#8e84ce

#ce84c4

#c4ce84

#84ce8e

Square

#8e84ce

#ce849f

#c4ce84

#84ceb3

Shades

Color #8e84ce mixed toward black.

#695cbe

#4d40a1

#3a3079

#272051

#131028

Tints

Color #8e84ce mixed toward white.

#a199d6

#b4adde

#c7c2e7

#d9d6ef

#ecebf7

Tones

Color #8e84ce mixed toward gray.

#938ac8

#9790c2

#9c97bc

#a09db5

#a5a3af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8abf · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8a8bbc · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8eb3b0 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e84ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e84ce]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e84ce (#8e84ce) is rgb(142, 132, 206) in RGB.

No, #8e84ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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