#8897da

Color #8897da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8897da

RGB

rgb(136, 151, 218)

HSL

hsl(229, 52.6%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229, 37.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(63.7, 10.97, -35.86)

LCH

lch(63.7, 37.5, 287.01)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1003, 273.83)

HWB

hwb(229, 53.3%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dacb88

Analogous

#88c0da

#8897da

#a288da

Triadic

#8897da

#da8897

#97da88

Split-complementary

#8897da

#daa288

#c0da88

Tetradic

#8897da

#cb88da

#dacb88

#97da88

Square

#8897da

#da88c0

#dacb88

#88daa2

Shades

Color #8897da mixed toward black.

#5b70cc

#384fb4

#2a3b87

#1c275a

#0e142d

Tints

Color #8897da mixed toward white.

#9ca8e0

#b0bae6

#c3cbed

#d7dcf3

#ebeef9

Tones

Color #8897da mixed toward gray.

#8f9bd3

#96a0cc

#9ca4c5

#a3a8bf

#aaadb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fcc · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#8e8dc9 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#89c1be · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8897da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8897da]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8897da (#8897da) is rgb(136, 151, 218) in RGB.

No, #8897da 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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