#8caabe

Color #8caabe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8caabe

RGB

rgb(140, 170, 190)

HSL

hsl(204, 27.8%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 26.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(68.05, -5.69, -13.62)

LCH

lch(68.05, 14.76, 247.33)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.044, 237.43)

HWB

hwb(204, 54.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bea08c

Analogous

#8cbeb9

#8caabe

#8c91be

Triadic

#8caabe

#be8caa

#aabe8c

Split-complementary

#8caabe

#be8c91

#beb98c

Tetradic

#8caabe

#a08cbe

#bea08c

#aabe8c

Square

#8caabe

#b98cbe

#bea08c

#91be8c

Shades

Color #8caabe mixed toward black.

#6990aa

#4f748d

#3c5769

#283a46

#141d23

Tints

Color #8caabe mixed toward white.

#9fb8c9

#b2c6d4

#c5d4df

#d9e3e9

#ecf1f4

Tones

Color #8caabe mixed toward gray.

#90a9ba

#94a8b6

#98a7b1

#9da7ad

#a1a6a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ab9 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#9896b8 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#8eb6b5 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8caabe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8caabe]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8caabe (#8caabe) is rgb(140, 170, 190) in RGB.

No, #8caabe 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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