Information about #8272B9 color

#8272B9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8272B9 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(130, 114, 185) — 51% red, 44.7% green, 72.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 22 / 28 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #8272B9 reads as a moderately toned classic blue and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Long Shot (#8776B6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE) and Ube (#8878C3).

The recipe behind #8272B9 is rgb(130, 114, 185), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #8272B9: 5.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. #8272B9 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#8272B9 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#8272B9 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #8272B9

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8272B9
  • RGB130, 114, 185
  • CMYK22, 28, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(130, 114, 185)
  • HSL254°, 34%, 59%
  • HSL Precise253.521°, 33.649%, 58.627%
  • HSV254°, 38%, 73%
  • HSB254°, 38%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • GLSLvec3(0.510, 0.447, 0.725)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.510, 0.447, 0.725, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.510, 0.447, 0.725)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB44.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID8272B9
  • DECIMAL ID8549049
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01