#8badc1

Color #8badc1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.14 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8badc1

RGB

rgb(139, 173, 193)

HSL

hsl(202.2, 30.3%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.2, 28%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(68.91, -6.9, -13.99)

LCH

lch(68.91, 15.6, 243.75)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0472, 234.05)

HWB

hwb(202.2, 54.5%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c19f8b

Analogous

#8bc1ba

#8badc1

#8b92c1

Triadic

#8badc1

#c18bad

#adc18b

Split-complementary

#8badc1

#c18b92

#c1ba8b

Tetradic

#8badc1

#9f8bc1

#c19f8b

#adc18b

Square

#8badc1

#ba8bc1

#c19f8b

#92c18b

Shades

Color #8badc1 mixed toward black.

#6794ae

#4d7790

#3a5a6c

#273c48

#131e24

Tints

Color #8badc1 mixed toward white.

#9ebbcb

#b2c8d6

#c5d6e0

#d8e4ea

#ecf1f5

Tones

Color #8badc1 mixed toward gray.

#90acbc

#94abb8

#99aab3

#9da8af

#a2a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bbc · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#9996bb · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#8db9b8 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8badc1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8badc1]

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Frequently asked questions

#8badc1 (#8badc1) is rgb(139, 173, 193) in RGB.

No, #8badc1 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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