#8ba9ea

Color #8ba9ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba9ea

RGB

rgb(139, 169, 234)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.33, 5.9, -35.89)

LCH

lch(69.33, 36.37, 279.34)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1005, 264.98)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 54.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eacc8b

Analogous

#8bd8ea

#8ba9ea

#9c8bea

Triadic

#8ba9ea

#ea8ba9

#a9ea8b

Split-complementary

#8ba9ea

#ea9c8b

#d8ea8b

Tetradic

#8ba9ea

#cc8bea

#eacc8b

#a9ea8b

Square

#8ba9ea

#ea8bd8

#eacc8b

#8bea9c

Shades

Color #8ba9ea mixed toward black.

#5682e0

#265cd2

#1d459e

#132e69

#0a1735

Tints

Color #8ba9ea mixed toward white.

#9eb7ed

#b2c6f1

#c5d4f4

#d8e2f8

#ecf1fb

Tones

Color #8ba9ea mixed toward gray.

#93ace2

#9bafda

#a3b2d2

#abb5ca

#b2b7c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999dd · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#9795d9 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#8dd1ce · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba9ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba9ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ba9ea (#8ba9ea) is rgb(139, 169, 234) in RGB.

No, #8ba9ea 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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