#8aacea

Color #8aacea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8aacea

RGB

rgb(138, 172, 234)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.07, 3.96, -34.74)

LCH

lch(70.07, 34.96, 276.5)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0977, 262.06)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 54.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac88a

Analogous

#8adcea

#8aacea

#988aea

Triadic

#8aacea

#ea8aac

#acea8a

Split-complementary

#8aacea

#ea988a

#dcea8a

Tetradic

#8aacea

#c88aea

#eac88a

#acea8a

Square

#8aacea

#ea8adc

#eac88a

#8aea98

Shades

Color #8aacea mixed toward black.

#5587e1

#2663d2

#1c4a9e

#133169

#091935

Tints

Color #8aacea mixed toward white.

#9dbaed

#b1c8f1

#c4d5f4

#d8e3f8

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #8aacea mixed toward gray.

#92aee2

#9ab1da

#a2b3d2

#aab5ca

#b2b8c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9add · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#9895da · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#8cd2d0 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aacea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aacea]

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

#8aacea (#8aacea) is rgb(138, 172, 234) in RGB.

No, #8aacea 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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