#8ba6f2

Color #8ba6f2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba6f2

RGB

rgb(139, 166, 242)

HSL

hsl(224.3, 79.8%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.3, 42.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(68.87, 9.81, -40.96)

LCH

lch(68.87, 42.12, 283.47)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1147, 268.55)

HWB

hwb(224.3, 54.5%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2d78b

Analogous

#8bd9f2

#8ba6f2

#a48bf2

Triadic

#8ba6f2

#f28ba6

#a6f28b

Split-complementary

#8ba6f2

#f2a48b

#d9f28b

Tetradic

#8ba6f2

#d78bf2

#f2d78b

#a6f28b

Square

#8ba6f2

#f28bd9

#f2d78b

#8bf2a4

Shades

Color #8ba6f2 mixed toward black.

#527aec

#1a4fe4

#133bab

#0d2772

#061439

Tints

Color #8ba6f2 mixed toward white.

#9eb5f4

#b2c4f6

#c5d2f8

#d8e1fb

#ecf0fd

Tones

Color #8ba6f2 mixed toward gray.

#94aae9

#9caee1

#a5b2d8

#adb6d0

#b6bac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798e3 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#9694df · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#8dd5d2 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba6f2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba6f2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ba6f2 (#8ba6f2) is rgb(139, 166, 242) in RGB.

No, #8ba6f2 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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