#8b8dde

Color #8b8dde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8dde

RGB

rgb(139, 141, 222)

HSL

hsl(238.6, 55.7%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.6, 37.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(61.49, 18.66, -41.51)

LCH

lch(61.49, 45.51, 294.21)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1188, 281.65)

HWB

hwb(238.6, 54.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedc8b

Analogous

#8bb6de

#8b8dde

#b38bde

Triadic

#8b8dde

#de8b8d

#8dde8b

Split-complementary

#8b8dde

#deb38b

#b6de8b

Tetradic

#8b8dde

#dc8bde

#dedc8b

#8dde8b

Square

#8b8dde

#de8bb6

#dedc8b

#8bdeb3

Shades

Color #8b8dde mixed toward black.

#5c5fd1

#3538bb

#282a8d

#1b1c5e

#0d0e2f

Tints

Color #8b8dde mixed toward white.

#9ea0e4

#b2b3e9

#c5c6ef

#d8d9f4

#ececfa

Tones

Color #8b8dde mixed toward gray.

#9294d7

#999ad0

#a0a1c9

#a7a7c2

#aeaebb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cce · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8c8cca · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8bc0bd · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8dde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8dde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8dde (#8b8dde) is rgb(139, 141, 222) in RGB.

No, #8b8dde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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