#8f72e5

Color #8f72e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f72e5

RGB

rgb(143, 114, 229)

HSL

hsl(255.1, 68.9%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.1, 50.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.61, 37.27, -54.71)

LCH

lch(55.61, 66.2, 304.26)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.1678, 292.58)

HWB

hwb(255.1, 44.7%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8e572

Analogous

#728fe5

#8f72e5

#c972e5

Triadic

#8f72e5

#e58f72

#72e58f

Split-complementary

#8f72e5

#e5c972

#8fe572

Tetradic

#8f72e5

#e572c8

#c8e572

#72e58f

Square

#8f72e5

#e5728f

#c8e572

#72e5c9

Shades

Color #8f72e5 mixed toward black.

#6942dc

#4b24c1

#381b91

#261261

#130930

Tints

Color #8f72e5 mixed toward white.

#a28ae9

#b4a1ee

#c7b9f2

#dad0f6

#ece8fb

Tones

Color #8f72e5 mixed toward gray.

#947cdb

#9985d2

#9d8fc8

#a298bf

#a7a2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383d1 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#8587cb · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#8ebeba · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f72e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f72e5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#8f72e5 (#8f72e5) is rgb(143, 114, 229) in RGB.

No, #8f72e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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