#8c8de8

Color #8c8de8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8de8

RGB

rgb(140, 141, 232)

HSL

hsl(239.3, 66.7%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.3, 39.7%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(62.04, 21.66, -46.19)

LCH

lch(62.04, 51.02, 295.12)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1328, 281.82)

HWB

hwb(239.3, 54.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e78c

Analogous

#8cbbe8

#8c8de8

#b98ce8

Triadic

#8c8de8

#e88c8d

#8de88c

Split-complementary

#8c8de8

#e8b98c

#bbe88c

Tetradic

#8c8de8

#e78ce8

#e8e78c

#8de88c

Square

#8c8de8

#e88cbb

#e8e78c

#8ce8b9

Shades

Color #8c8de8 mixed toward black.

#585ade

#292bcf

#1f209b

#151667

#0a0b34

Tints

Color #8c8de8 mixed toward white.

#9fa0ec

#b2b3f0

#c5c6f3

#d9d9f7

#ececfb

Tones

Color #8c8de8 mixed toward gray.

#9394e0

#9b9cd9

#a3a3d1

#ababc9

#b2b2c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cd7 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8cd2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8cc7c4 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8de8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8de8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c8de8 (#8c8de8) is rgb(140, 141, 232) in RGB.

No, #8c8de8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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