#8bbefa

Color #8bbefa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8bbefa

RGB

rgb(139, 190, 250)

HSL

hsl(212.4, 91.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.4, 44.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 24%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(75.58, -1.32, -34.86)

LCH

lch(75.58, 34.88, 267.83)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.1015, 253.05)

HWB

hwb(212.4, 54.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fac78b

Analogous

#8bf6fa

#8bbefa

#908bfa

Triadic

#8bbefa

#fa8bbe

#befa8b

Split-complementary

#8bbefa

#fa908b

#f6fa8b

Tetradic

#8bbefa

#c78bfa

#fac78b

#befa8b

Square

#8bbefa

#fa8bf6

#fac78b

#8bfa90

Shades

Color #8bbefa mixed toward black.

#4d9bf7

#0f79f5

#085aba

#053c7c

#031e3e

Tints

Color #8bbefa mixed toward white.

#9ec9fb

#b2d4fc

#c5dffc

#d8e9fd

#ecf4fe

Tones

Color #8bbefa mixed toward gray.

#94bff1

#9ec0e8

#a7c0de

#b0c1d5

#b9c2cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4ed · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#a19dea · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#8ee3e0 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8bbefa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bbefa]

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Frequently asked questions

#8bbefa (#8bbefa) is rgb(139, 190, 250) in RGB.

No, #8bbefa 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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