#8a8ecf

Color #8a8ecf

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.06 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8ecf

RGB

rgb(138, 142, 207)

HSL

hsl(236.5, 41.8%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.5, 33.3%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(61, 13.78, -33.9)

LCH

lch(61, 36.59, 292.12)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0961, 280.74)

HWB

hwb(236.5, 54.1%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfcb8a

Analogous

#8ab0cf

#8a8ecf

#a88acf

Triadic

#8a8ecf

#cf8a8e

#8ecf8a

Split-complementary

#8a8ecf

#cfa88a

#b0cf8a

Tetradic

#8a8ecf

#cb8acf

#cfcb8a

#8ecf8a

Square

#8a8ecf

#cf8ab0

#cfcb8a

#8acfa8

Shades

Color #8a8ecf mixed toward black.

#6167be

#4348a3

#32367a

#212451

#111229

Tints

Color #8a8ecf mixed toward white.

#9da1d7

#b1b4df

#c4c6e7

#d8d9ef

#ebecf7

Tones

Color #8a8ecf mixed toward gray.

#9093c9

#9598c3

#9b9dbe

#a1a2b8

#a7a7b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc2 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8c8bbe · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8ab7b4 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8ecf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8ecf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8ecf (#8a8ecf) is rgb(138, 142, 207) in RGB.

No, #8a8ecf 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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