#8e85e1

Color #8e85e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e85e1

RGB

rgb(142, 133, 225)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 60.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 40.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(59.85, 24.93, -45.75)

LCH

lch(59.85, 52.1, 298.59)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1342, 286.63)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 52.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e185

Analogous

#85aae1

#8e85e1

#bc85e1

Triadic

#8e85e1

#e18e85

#85e18e

Split-complementary

#8e85e1

#e1bc85

#aae185

Tetradic

#8e85e1

#e185d8

#d8e185

#85e18e

Square

#8e85e1

#e185aa

#d8e185

#85e1bc

Shades

Color #8e85e1 mixed toward black.

#6255d5

#3d2fc0

#2e2390

#1f1860

#0f0c30

Tints

Color #8e85e1 mixed toward white.

#a199e6

#b4aeeb

#c7c2f0

#d9d6f5

#ecebfa

Tones

Color #8e85e1 mixed toward gray.

#948dd9

#9a94d2

#a19cca

#a7a4c2

#adabbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad0 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8bcb · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8ec0bd · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e85e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e85e1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e85e1 (#8e85e1) is rgb(142, 133, 225) in RGB.

No, #8e85e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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