#8baaff

Color #8baaff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8baaff

RGB

rgb(139, 170, 255)

HSL

hsl(224, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.49, 11.21, -45.49)

LCH

lch(70.49, 46.85, 283.84)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1279, 268.03)

HWB

hwb(224, 54.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffe08b

Analogous

#8be4ff

#8baaff

#a68bff

Triadic

#8baaff

#ff8baa

#aaff8b

Split-complementary

#8baaff

#ffa68b

#e4ff8b

Tetradic

#8baaff

#e08bff

#ffe08b

#aaff8b

Square

#8baaff

#ff8be4

#ffe08b

#8bffa6

Shades

Color #8baaff mixed toward black.

#4a7aff

#084aff

#0035c5

#002383

#001242

Tints

Color #8baaff mixed toward white.

#9fb8ff

#b2c6ff

#c5d5ff

#d8e3ff

#ecf1ff

Tones

Color #8baaff mixed toward gray.

#95aff5

#9fb3ec

#a8b8e2

#b2bcd8

#bbc1cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aee · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9895ea · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#8ddfdc · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8baaff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8baaff]

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

#8baaff (#8baaff) is rgb(139, 170, 255) in RGB.

No, #8baaff 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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