#8aaefe

Color #8aaefe

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8aaefe

RGB

rgb(138, 174, 254)

HSL

hsl(221.4, 98.3%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.4, 45.7%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(71.44, 8.43, -43.47)

LCH

lch(71.44, 44.28, 280.97)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.1224, 265.13)

HWB

hwb(221.4, 54.1%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#feda8a

Analogous

#8ae8fe

#8aaefe

#a08afe

Triadic

#8aaefe

#fe8aae

#aefe8a

Split-complementary

#8aaefe

#fea08a

#e8fe8a

Tetradic

#8aaefe

#da8afe

#feda8a

#aefe8a

Square

#8aaefe

#fe8ae8

#feda8a

#8afea0

Shades

Color #8aaefe mixed toward black.

#4981fd

#0954fd

#023dc2

#012982

#011441

Tints

Color #8aaefe mixed toward white.

#9ebcfe

#b1c9fe

#c5d7fe

#d8e4ff

#ecf2ff

Tones

Color #8aaefe mixed toward gray.

#94b2f4

#9db5eb

#a7b9e1

#b1bdd7

#bac0ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bee · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#9996ea · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#8ce0dd · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8aaefe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aaefe]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8aaefe (#8aaefe) is rgb(138, 174, 254) in RGB.

No, #8aaefe 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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