#8a9ada

Color #8a9ada

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9ada

RGB

rgb(138, 154, 218)

HSL

hsl(228, 51.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 36.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(64.62, 9.8, -34.4)

LCH

lch(64.62, 35.77, 285.9)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0959, 272.93)

HWB

hwb(228, 54.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daca8a

Analogous

#8ac2da

#8a9ada

#a28ada

Triadic

#8a9ada

#da8a9a

#9ada8a

Split-complementary

#8a9ada

#daa28a

#c2da8a

Tetradic

#8a9ada

#ca8ada

#daca8a

#9ada8a

Square

#8a9ada

#da8ac2

#daca8a

#8adaa2

Shades

Color #8a9ada mixed toward black.

#5d73cc

#3952b4

#2b3d87

#1d295a

#0e142d

Tints

Color #8a9ada mixed toward white.

#9eabe0

#b1bce6

#c5cdec

#d8ddf3

#eceef9

Tones

Color #8a9ada mixed toward gray.

#919ed3

#97a2cd

#9ea6c6

#a5aabf

#abaeb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191cd · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#908fca · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#8bc2bf · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9ada;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9ada]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8a9ada (#8a9ada) is rgb(138, 154, 218) in RGB.

No, #8a9ada 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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