#849bd8

Color #849bd8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#849bd8

RGB

rgb(132, 155, 216)

HSL

hsl(223.6, 51.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.6, 38.9%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(64.41, 7.06, -33.66)

LCH

lch(64.41, 34.39, 281.85)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0939, 268.05)

HWB

hwb(223.6, 51.8%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8c184

Analogous

#84c5d8

#849bd8

#9784d8

Triadic

#849bd8

#d8849b

#9bd884

Split-complementary

#849bd8

#d89784

#c5d884

Tetradic

#849bd8

#c184d8

#d8c184

#9bd884

Square

#849bd8

#d884c5

#d8c184

#84d897

Shades

Color #849bd8 mixed toward black.

#5877ca

#3859b0

#2a4284

#1c2c58

#0e162c

Tints

Color #849bd8 mixed toward white.

#98acde

#adbce5

#c1cdeb

#d6def2

#eaeef8

Tones

Color #849bd8 mixed toward gray.

#8b9ed1

#92a1ca

#99a4c3

#a0a8bc

#a7abb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fcb · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#8d8bc8 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#85c1be · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #849bd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#849bd8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#849bd8 (#849bd8) is rgb(132, 155, 216) in RGB.

No, #849bd8 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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