#8ab6de

Color #8ab6de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab6de

RGB

rgb(138, 182, 222)

HSL

hsl(208.6, 56%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.6, 37.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(72.32, -4.76, -24.74)

LCH

lch(72.32, 25.19, 259.11)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0746, 246.36)

HWB

hwb(208.6, 54.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deb28a

Analogous

#8adedc

#8ab6de

#8a8cde

Triadic

#8ab6de

#de8ab6

#b6de8a

Split-complementary

#8ab6de

#de8a8c

#dedc8a

Tetradic

#8ab6de

#b28ade

#deb28a

#b6de8a

Square

#8ab6de

#dc8ade

#deb28a

#8cde8a

Shades

Color #8ab6de mixed toward black.

#5b99d1

#357bbb

#285c8c

#1a3e5e

#0d1f2f

Tints

Color #8ab6de mixed toward white.

#9ec2e4

#b1cee9

#c5daef

#d8e7f4

#ecf3fa

Tones

Color #8ab6de mixed toward gray.

#91b6d7

#98b5d0

#9fb5c9

#a6b5c2

#adb4bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fd5 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9c99d3 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#8dcecc · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab6de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab6de]

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Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ab6de (#8ab6de) is rgb(138, 182, 222) in RGB.

No, #8ab6de 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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