#8f87d3

Color #8f87d3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.87 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8f87d3

RGB

rgb(143, 135, 211)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 46.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 36%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 36%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(59.77, 20.31, -38.04)

LCH

lch(59.77, 43.12, 298.1)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1115, 287.75)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 52.9%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbd387

Analogous

#87a5d3

#8f87d3

#b587d3

Triadic

#8f87d3

#d38f87

#87d38f

Split-complementary

#8f87d3

#d3b587

#a5d387

Tetradic

#8f87d3

#d387cb

#cbd387

#87d38f

Square

#8f87d3

#d387a5

#cbd387

#87d3b5

Shades

Color #8f87d3 mixed toward black.

#685dc3

#493ea9

#372e7e

#251f54

#120f2a

Tints

Color #8f87d3 mixed toward white.

#a29bda

#b4afe2

#c7c3e9

#dad7f0

#ecebf8

Tones

Color #8f87d3 mixed toward gray.

#948dcd

#9994c6

#9e9ac0

#a3a0ba

#a8a7b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc4 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8dc0 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#8fb7b4 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f87d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f87d3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8f87d3 (#8f87d3) is rgb(143, 135, 211) in RGB.

No, #8f87d3 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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