#8c9eed

Color #8c9eed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9eed

RGB

rgb(140, 158, 237)

HSL

hsl(228.9, 72.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.9, 40.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.63, 13.23, -41.74)

LCH

lch(66.63, 43.79, 287.59)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1172, 273.33)

HWB

hwb(228.9, 54.9%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eddb8c

Analogous

#8cceed

#8c9eed

#aa8ced

Triadic

#8c9eed

#ed8c9e

#9eed8c

Split-complementary

#8c9eed

#edaa8c

#ceed8c

Tetradic

#8c9eed

#db8ced

#eddb8c

#9eed8c

Square

#8c9eed

#ed8cce

#eddb8c

#8cedaa

Shades

Color #8c9eed mixed toward black.

#5670e4

#2244d9

#1a33a3

#11226d

#091136

Tints

Color #8c9eed mixed toward white.

#9faef0

#b2bef3

#c5cef6

#d9dff9

#eceffc

Tones

Color #8c9eed mixed toward gray.

#94a3e5

#9ca8dd

#a4add5

#acb2cd

#b4b7c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494dd · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#9392d9 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#8dd0cc · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9eed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9eed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8c9eed (#8c9eed) is rgb(140, 158, 237) in RGB.

No, #8c9eed 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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