#8a9eeb

Color #8a9eeb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9eeb

RGB

rgb(138, 158, 235)

HSL

hsl(227.6, 70.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.6, 41.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.41, 12.16, -40.99)

LCH

lch(66.41, 42.76, 286.52)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.115, 272.14)

HWB

hwb(227.6, 54.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebd78a

Analogous

#8aceeb

#8a9eeb

#a68aeb

Triadic

#8a9eeb

#eb8a9e

#9eeb8a

Split-complementary

#8a9eeb

#eba68a

#ceeb8a

Tetradic

#8a9eeb

#d78aeb

#ebd78a

#9eeb8a

Square

#8a9eeb

#eb8ace

#ebd78a

#8aeba6

Shades

Color #8a9eeb mixed toward black.

#5572e2

#2449d4

#1b369f

#12246a

#091235

Tints

Color #8a9eeb mixed toward white.

#9daeee

#b1bef2

#c4cef5

#d8dff8

#ebeffc

Tones

Color #8a9eeb mixed toward gray.

#92a3e3

#9aa7db

#a2acd3

#aab1cb

#b2b6c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dc · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#9290d8 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#8bcecb · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9eeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9eeb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8a9eeb (#8a9eeb) is rgb(138, 158, 235) in RGB.

No, #8a9eeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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