#8aa6d5

Color #8aa6d5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa6d5

RGB

rgb(138, 166, 213)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 47.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 35.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(67.63, 1.69, -26.98)

LCH

lch(67.63, 27.03, 273.58)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0756, 260.64)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 54.1%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5b98a

Analogous

#8acbd5

#8aa6d5

#938ad5

Triadic

#8aa6d5

#d58aa6

#a6d58a

Split-complementary

#8aa6d5

#d5938a

#cbd58a

Tetradic

#8aa6d5

#b98ad5

#d5b98a

#a6d58a

Square

#8aa6d5

#d58acb

#d5b98a

#8ad593

Shades

Color #8aa6d5 mixed toward black.

#5f85c6

#3e67ac

#2e4d81

#1f3356

#0f1a2b

Tints

Color #8aa6d5 mixed toward white.

#9db5dc

#b1c4e3

#c4d2ea

#d8e1f1

#ebf0f8

Tones

Color #8aa6d5 mixed toward gray.

#90a8cf

#96a9c8

#9dabc2

#a3acbc

#a9aeb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797cb · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#9593c8 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8cc2c1 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 16.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa6d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa6d5]

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

#8aa6d5 (#8aa6d5) is rgb(138, 166, 213) in RGB.

No, #8aa6d5 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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