#8ca5de

Color #8ca5de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca5de

RGB

rgb(140, 165, 222)

HSL

hsl(221.7, 55.4%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.7, 36.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(67.84, 5.17, -31.61)

LCH

lch(67.84, 32.03, 279.29)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.088, 265.96)

HWB

hwb(221.7, 54.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec58c

Analogous

#8ccede

#8ca5de

#9c8cde

Triadic

#8ca5de

#de8ca5

#a5de8c

Split-complementary

#8ca5de

#de9c8c

#cede8c

Tetradic

#8ca5de

#c58cde

#dec58c

#a5de8c

Square

#8ca5de

#de8cce

#dec58c

#8cde9c

Shades

Color #8ca5de mixed toward black.

#5d80d1

#365fbc

#28478d

#1b2f5e

#0d182f

Tints

Color #8ca5de mixed toward white.

#9fb4e4

#b2c3e9

#c6d2ef

#d9e1f4

#ecf0fa

Tones

Color #8ca5de mixed toward gray.

#93a8d7

#9aaad0

#a1adca

#a7b0c3

#aeb2bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798d2 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#9694cf · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#8dc8c6 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca5de]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ca5de (#8ca5de) is rgb(140, 165, 222) in RGB.

No, #8ca5de 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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