#8e84e1

Color #8e84e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e84e1

RGB

rgb(142, 132, 225)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 60.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 41.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 41.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(59.61, 25.51, -46.14)

LCH

lch(59.61, 52.72, 298.94)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.1357, 287.01)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 51.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e184

Analogous

#84a8e1

#8e84e1

#bd84e1

Triadic

#8e84e1

#e18e84

#84e18e

Split-complementary

#8e84e1

#e1bd84

#a8e184

Tetradic

#8e84e1

#e184d7

#d7e184

#84e18e

Square

#8e84e1

#e184a8

#d7e184

#84e1bd

Shades

Color #8e84e1 mixed toward black.

#6254d5

#3e2fbf

#2f2390

#1f1760

#100c30

Tints

Color #8e84e1 mixed toward white.

#a198e6

#b4adeb

#c7c1f0

#d9d6f5

#eceafa

Tones

Color #8e84e1 mixed toward gray.

#948cd9

#9a93d2

#a09bca

#a6a3c2

#acabba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8acf · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#8a8bcb · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#8ec0bc · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e84e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e84e1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e84e1 (#8e84e1) is rgb(142, 132, 225) in RGB.

No, #8e84e1 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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