#8ab5fa

Color #8ab5fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab5fa

RGB

rgb(138, 181, 250)

HSL

hsl(217, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(73.12, 3.39, -38.68)

LCH

lch(73.12, 38.83, 275.01)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.1099, 259.62)

HWB

hwb(217, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#facf8a

Analogous

#8aedfa

#8ab5fa

#978afa

Triadic

#8ab5fa

#fa8ab5

#b5fa8a

Split-complementary

#8ab5fa

#fa978a

#edfa8a

Tetradic

#8ab5fa

#cf8afa

#facf8a

#b5fa8a

Square

#8ab5fa

#fa8aed

#facf8a

#8afa97

Shades

Color #8ab5fa mixed toward black.

#4c8ef7

#0e66f5

#084cba

#05337c

#03193e

Tints

Color #8ab5fa mixed toward white.

#9ec1fb

#b1cefc

#c5dafd

#d8e6fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8ab5fa mixed toward gray.

#93b7f1

#9db9e7

#a6bcde

#afbed5

#b9c0cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fec · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#9c99e8 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#8de0dd · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab5fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab5fa]

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

#8ab5fa (#8ab5fa) is rgb(138, 181, 250) in RGB.

No, #8ab5fa 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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