#8baeea

Color #8baeea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.45 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8baeea

RGB

rgb(139, 174, 234)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.66, 3.1, -33.82)

LCH

lch(70.66, 33.96, 275.24)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0954, 260.95)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 54.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac78b

Analogous

#8bddea

#8baeea

#978bea

Triadic

#8baeea

#ea8bae

#aeea8b

Split-complementary

#8baeea

#ea978b

#ddea8b

Tetradic

#8baeea

#c78bea

#eac78b

#aeea8b

Square

#8baeea

#ea8bdd

#eac78b

#8bea97

Shades

Color #8baeea mixed toward black.

#5689e0

#2666d2

#1d4c9e

#133369

#0a1935

Tints

Color #8baeea mixed toward white.

#9ebbed

#b2c9f1

#c5d6f4

#d8e4f8

#ecf1fb

Tones

Color #8baeea mixed toward gray.

#93b0e2

#9bb2da

#a3b4d2

#abb6ca

#b2b8c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdd · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#9997da · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#8dd3d0 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8baeea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8baeea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8baeea (#8baeea) is rgb(139, 174, 234) in RGB.

No, #8baeea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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