#8aace8

Color #8aace8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 18.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8aace8

RGB

rgb(138, 172, 232)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 67.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 40.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(69.99, 3.41, -33.78)

LCH

lch(69.99, 33.95, 275.76)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0952, 261.48)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 54.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8c68a

Analogous

#8adbe8

#8aace8

#978ae8

Triadic

#8aace8

#e88aac

#ace88a

Split-complementary

#8aace8

#e8978a

#dbe88a

Tetradic

#8aace8

#c68ae8

#e8c68a

#ace88a

Square

#8aace8

#e88adb

#e8c68a

#8ae897

Shades

Color #8aace8 mixed toward black.

#5687de

#2964ce

#1e4b9a

#143267

#0a1933

Tints

Color #8aace8 mixed toward white.

#9dbaec

#b1c8f0

#c4d5f3

#d8e3f7

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #8aace8 mixed toward gray.

#92aee0

#9ab0d8

#a1b2d0

#a9b5c9

#b1b7c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9adb · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9895d8 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#8cd1ce · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aace8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aace8]

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

#8aace8 (#8aace8) is rgb(138, 172, 232) in RGB.

No, #8aace8 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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