#8b8cea

Color #8b8cea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8cea

RGB

rgb(139, 140, 234)

HSL

hsl(239.4, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.4, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 40.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(61.81, 22.55, -47.66)

LCH

lch(61.81, 52.73, 295.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1371, 281.65)

HWB

hwb(239.4, 54.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae98b

Analogous

#8bbbea

#8b8cea

#b98bea

Triadic

#8b8cea

#ea8b8c

#8cea8b

Split-complementary

#8b8cea

#eab98b

#bbea8b

Tetradic

#8b8cea

#e98bea

#eae98b

#8cea8b

Square

#8b8cea

#ea8bbb

#eae98b

#8beab9

Shades

Color #8b8cea mixed toward black.

#5658e0

#2628d2

#1d1e9e

#131469

#0a0a35

Tints

Color #8b8cea mixed toward white.

#9e9fed

#b2b2f1

#c5c5f4

#d8d9f8

#ececfb

Tones

Color #8b8cea mixed toward gray.

#9394e2

#9b9bda

#a3a3d2

#ababca

#b2b3c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bd8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8b8bd3 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8bc8c5 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8cea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8cea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8cea (#8b8cea) is rgb(139, 140, 234) in RGB.

No, #8b8cea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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