#8e87c0

Color #8e87c0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e87c0

RGB

rgb(142, 135, 192)

HSL

hsl(247.4, 31.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.4, 29.7%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 29.7%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(58.87, 15.18, -28.74)

LCH

lch(58.87, 32.5, 297.84)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0843, 289.47)

HWB

hwb(247.4, 52.9%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c087

Analogous

#879cc0

#8e87c0

#aa87c0

Triadic

#8e87c0

#c08e87

#87c08e

Split-complementary

#8e87c0

#c0aa87

#9cc087

Tetradic

#8e87c0

#c087b9

#b9c087

#87c08e

Square

#8e87c0

#c0879c

#b9c087

#87c0aa

Shades

Color #8e87c0 mixed toward black.

#6c63ad

#534b8f

#3f386b

#2a2647

#151324

Tints

Color #8e87c0 mixed toward white.

#a19bca

#b4afd5

#c7c3df

#d9d7ea

#ecebf4

Tones

Color #8e87c0 mixed toward gray.

#928cbb

#9590b6

#9995b2

#9c9aad

#a09fa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bb4 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#8b8cb1 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8eaaa8 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e87c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e87c0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e87c0 (#8e87c0) is rgb(142, 135, 192) in RGB.

No, #8e87c0 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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