#8ab6f8

Color #8ab6f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab6f8

RGB

rgb(138, 182, 248)

HSL

hsl(216, 88.7%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 44.4%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(73.31, 2.27, -37.31)

LCH

lch(73.31, 37.38, 273.48)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1064, 258.29)

HWB

hwb(216, 54.1%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8cc8a

Analogous

#8aedf8

#8ab6f8

#958af8

Triadic

#8ab6f8

#f88ab6

#b6f88a

Split-complementary

#8ab6f8

#f8958a

#edf88a

Tetradic

#8ab6f8

#cc8af8

#f8cc8a

#b6f88a

Square

#8ab6f8

#f88aed

#f8cc8a

#8af895

Shades

Color #8ab6f8 mixed toward black.

#4d90f4

#116af1

#0b4fb6

#073579

#041a3d

Tints

Color #8ab6f8 mixed toward white.

#9ec2f9

#b1cefa

#c5dbfb

#d8e7fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8ab6f8 mixed toward gray.

#93b8ef

#9cbae6

#a6bcdd

#afbdd3

#b8bfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fea · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#9c99e7 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#8ddfdc · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab6f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab6f8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ab6f8 (#8ab6f8) is rgb(138, 182, 248) in RGB.

No, #8ab6f8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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