#8ba7ce

Color #8ba7ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba7ce

RGB

rgb(139, 167, 206)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 40.6%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 32.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(67.71, -0.39, -22.99)

LCH

lch(67.71, 22.99, 269.03)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0651, 256.67)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 54.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceb28b

Analogous

#8bc8ce

#8ba7ce

#908bce

Triadic

#8ba7ce

#ce8ba7

#a7ce8b

Split-complementary

#8ba7ce

#ce908b

#c8ce8b

Tetradic

#8ba7ce

#b28bce

#ceb28b

#a7ce8b

Square

#8ba7ce

#ce8bc8

#ceb28b

#8bce90

Shades

Color #8ba7ce mixed toward black.

#6288bd

#446ba2

#335079

#223651

#111b28

Tints

Color #8ba7ce mixed toward white.

#9eb6d6

#b2c4de

#c5d3e6

#d8e2ef

#ecf0f7

Tones

Color #8ba7ce mixed toward gray.

#90a8c8

#96a9c3

#9caabd

#a1abb8

#a7abb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898c5 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9694c3 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#8dbebd · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba7ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba7ce]

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

#8ba7ce (#8ba7ce) is rgb(139, 167, 206) in RGB.

No, #8ba7ce 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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