#8caaff

Color #8caaff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8caaff

RGB

rgb(140, 170, 255)

HSL

hsl(224.3, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.3, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.55, 11.45, -45.39)

LCH

lch(70.55, 46.81, 284.16)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1275, 268.43)

HWB

hwb(224.3, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffe18c

Analogous

#8ce4ff

#8caaff

#a88cff

Triadic

#8caaff

#ff8caa

#aaff8c

Split-complementary

#8caaff

#ffa88c

#e4ff8c

Tetradic

#8caaff

#e18cff

#ffe18c

#aaff8c

Square

#8caaff

#ff8ce4

#ffe18c

#8cffa8

Shades

Color #8caaff mixed toward black.

#4a7aff

#0949ff

#0034c6

#002284

#001142

Tints

Color #8caaff mixed toward white.

#9fb8ff

#b3c7ff

#c6d5ff

#d9e3ff

#ecf1ff

Tones

Color #8caaff mixed toward gray.

#96aff5

#9fb3ec

#a9b8e2

#b3bdd9

#bcc1cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aee · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9896ea · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#8edfdc · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8caaff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8caaff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8caaff (#8caaff) is rgb(140, 170, 255) in RGB.

No, #8caaff 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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