#8ab4f7

Color #8ab4f7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab4f7

RGB

rgb(138, 180, 247)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 87.2%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 44.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(72.73, 3.1, -37.67)

LCH

lch(72.73, 37.8, 274.7)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.107, 259.5)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 54.1%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f7cd8a

Analogous

#8aeaf7

#8ab4f7

#978af7

Triadic

#8ab4f7

#f78ab4

#b4f78a

Split-complementary

#8ab4f7

#f7978a

#eaf78a

Tetradic

#8ab4f7

#cd8af7

#f7cd8a

#b4f78a

Square

#8ab4f7

#f78aea

#f7cd8a

#8af797

Shades

Color #8ab4f7 mixed toward black.

#4e8df3

#1267ef

#0c4db4

#083378

#041a3c

Tints

Color #8ab4f7 mixed toward white.

#9ec0f8

#b1cdfa

#c5d9fb

#d8e6fc

#ecf2fe

Tones

Color #8ab4f7 mixed toward gray.

#93b6ee

#9cb8e5

#a5badc

#aebcd3

#b7beca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ee9 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#9b98e6 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8cdddb · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab4f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab4f7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8ab4f7 (#8ab4f7) is rgb(138, 180, 247) in RGB.

No, #8ab4f7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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