#84a8e1

Color #84a8e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#84a8e1

RGB

rgb(132, 168, 225)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 60.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 41.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(68.27, 2.18, -32.63)

LCH

lch(68.27, 32.7, 273.82)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0924, 259.4)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 51.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1bd84

Analogous

#84d6e1

#84a8e1

#8f84e1

Triadic

#84a8e1

#e184a8

#a8e184

Split-complementary

#84a8e1

#e18f84

#d6e184

Tetradic

#84a8e1

#bd84e1

#e1bd84

#a8e184

Square

#84a8e1

#e184d6

#e1bd84

#84e18f

Shades

Color #84a8e1 mixed toward black.

#5486d5

#2f67bf

#234d90

#173360

#0c1a30

Tints

Color #84a8e1 mixed toward white.

#98b6e6

#adc5eb

#c1d3f0

#d6e2f5

#eaf0fa

Tones

Color #84a8e1 mixed toward gray.

#8caad9

#93abd2

#9badca

#a3afc2

#abb1ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595d5 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9390d2 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#86cbc9 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #84a8e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#84a8e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#84a8e1 (#84a8e1) is rgb(132, 168, 225) in RGB.

No, #84a8e1 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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