#8bb5fa

Color #8bb5fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8bb5fa

RGB

rgb(139, 181, 250)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 91.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 44.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(73.18, 3.63, -38.59)

LCH

lch(73.18, 38.76, 275.37)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1095, 260.06)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 54.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fad08b

Analogous

#8becfa

#8bb5fa

#998bfa

Triadic

#8bb5fa

#fa8bb5

#b5fa8b

Split-complementary

#8bb5fa

#fa998b

#ecfa8b

Tetradic

#8bb5fa

#d08bfa

#fad08b

#b5fa8b

Square

#8bb5fa

#fa8bec

#fad08b

#8bfa99

Shades

Color #8bb5fa mixed toward black.

#4d8df7

#0f66f5

#084cba

#05327c

#03193e

Tints

Color #8bb5fa mixed toward white.

#9ec1fb

#b2cefc

#c5dafc

#d8e6fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8bb5fa mixed toward gray.

#94b7f1

#9ebae8

#a7bcde

#b0bed5

#b9c0cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fec · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#9c99e8 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8de0dd · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bb5fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bb5fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8bb5fa (#8bb5fa) is rgb(139, 181, 250) in RGB.

No, #8bb5fa 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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