#8aaeff

Color #8aaeff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.97 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8aaeff

RGB

rgb(138, 174, 255)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(71.48, 8.72, -43.94)

LCH

lch(71.48, 44.8, 281.22)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.1238, 265.27)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdb8a

Analogous

#8ae9ff

#8aaeff

#a18aff

Triadic

#8aaeff

#ff8aae

#aeff8a

Split-complementary

#8aaeff

#ffa18a

#e9ff8a

Tetradic

#8aaeff

#db8aff

#ffdb8a

#aeff8a

Square

#8aaeff

#ff8ae9

#ffdb8a

#8affa1

Shades

Color #8aaeff mixed toward black.

#4981ff

#0754ff

#003dc5

#002883

#001442

Tints

Color #8aaeff mixed toward white.

#9ebcff

#b1c9ff

#c5d7ff

#d8e4ff

#ecf2ff

Tones

Color #8aaeff mixed toward gray.

#94b2f5

#9eb6ec

#a7b9e2

#b1bdd8

#bbc1ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bef · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#9996eb · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#8ce1dd · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8aaeff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aaeff]

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

#8aaeff (#8aaeff) is rgb(138, 174, 255) in RGB.

No, #8aaeff 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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