#8babde

Color #8babde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8babde

RGB

rgb(139, 171, 222)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 55.7%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 37.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(69.39, 1.55, -29.23)

LCH

lch(69.39, 29.27, 273.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0824, 259.58)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 54.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#debe8b

Analogous

#8bd4de

#8babde

#958bde

Triadic

#8babde

#de8bab

#abde8b

Split-complementary

#8babde

#de958b

#d4de8b

Tetradic

#8babde

#be8bde

#debe8b

#abde8b

Square

#8babde

#de8bd4

#debe8b

#8bde95

Shades

Color #8babde mixed toward black.

#5c89d1

#3569bb

#284f8d

#1b345e

#0d1a2f

Tints

Color #8babde mixed toward white.

#9eb9e4

#b2c7e9

#c5d5ef

#d8e3f4

#ecf1fa

Tones

Color #8babde mixed toward gray.

#92add7

#99aed0

#a0b0c9

#a7b1c2

#aeb3bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ad3 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9896d0 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#8dcac8 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8babde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8babde]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8babde (#8babde) is rgb(139, 171, 222) in RGB.

No, #8babde 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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