#8badca

Color #8badca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8badca

RGB

rgb(139, 173, 202)

HSL

hsl(207.6, 37.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.6, 31.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.21, -4.7, -18.5)

LCH

lch(69.21, 19.09, 255.75)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0563, 244.44)

HWB

hwb(207.6, 54.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa88b

Analogous

#8bcac8

#8badca

#8b8eca

Triadic

#8badca

#ca8bad

#adca8b

Split-complementary

#8badca

#ca8b8e

#cac88b

Tetradic

#8badca

#a88bca

#caa88b

#adca8b

Square

#8badca

#c88bca

#caa88b

#8eca8b

Shades

Color #8badca mixed toward black.

#6492b8

#47759c

#355875

#243b4e

#121d27

Tints

Color #8badca mixed toward white.

#9ebbd3

#b2c8dc

#c5d6e5

#d8e4ed

#ecf1f6

Tones

Color #8badca mixed toward gray.

#90adc5

#96acc0

#9bacba

#a0abb5

#a5abb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bc3 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#9996c2 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#8dbebd · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8badca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8badca]

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Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8badca (#8badca) is rgb(139, 173, 202) in RGB.

No, #8badca 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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