#8aa2ca

Color #8aa2ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa2ca

RGB

rgb(138, 162, 202)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 37.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 31.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(66.14, 1.08, -23.18)

LCH

lch(66.14, 23.21, 272.67)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0648, 260.58)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 54.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cab28a

Analogous

#8ac2ca

#8aa2ca

#928aca

Triadic

#8aa2ca

#ca8aa2

#a2ca8a

Split-complementary

#8aa2ca

#ca928a

#c2ca8a

Tetradic

#8aa2ca

#b28aca

#cab28a

#a2ca8a

Square

#8aa2ca

#ca8ac2

#cab28a

#8aca92

Shades

Color #8aa2ca mixed toward black.

#6383b8

#47679c

#354d75

#23334e

#121a27

Tints

Color #8aa2ca mixed toward white.

#9eb2d3

#b1c1dc

#c5d1e5

#d8e0ed

#ecf0f6

Tones

Color #8aa2ca mixed toward gray.

#8fa3c5

#95a5bf

#9aa6ba

#9fa7b5

#a5a9af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595c1 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#9492bf · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#8bbab8 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa2ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa2ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8aa2ca (#8aa2ca) is rgb(138, 162, 202) in RGB.

No, #8aa2ca 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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