#8bb1ce

Color #8bb1ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8bb1ce

RGB

rgb(139, 177, 206)

HSL

hsl(206, 40.6%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206, 32.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(70.45, -5.87, -18.83)

LCH

lch(70.45, 19.72, 252.69)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0588, 241.48)

HWB

hwb(206, 54.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cea88b

Analogous

#8bcec9

#8bb1ce

#8b8fce

Triadic

#8bb1ce

#ce8bb1

#b1ce8b

Split-complementary

#8bb1ce

#ce8b8f

#cec98b

Tetradic

#8bb1ce

#a88bce

#cea88b

#b1ce8b

Square

#8bb1ce

#c98bce

#cea88b

#8fce8b

Shades

Color #8bb1ce mixed toward black.

#6296bd

#4479a2

#335b79

#223d51

#111e28

Tints

Color #8bb1ce mixed toward white.

#9ebed6

#b2cbde

#c5d8e6

#d8e5ef

#ecf2f7

Tones

Color #8bb1ce mixed toward gray.

#90b0c8

#96afc3

#9cafbd

#a1aeb8

#a7adb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dc7 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#9b98c6 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#8dc2c1 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bb1ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bb1ce]

Related colors

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Charcoal #36454f

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8bb1ce (#8bb1ce) is rgb(139, 177, 206) in RGB.

No, #8bb1ce 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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