#8cacee

Color #8cacee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.8 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8cacee

RGB

rgb(140, 172, 238)

HSL

hsl(220.4, 74.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.4, 41.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.35, 5.57, -36.47)

LCH

lch(70.35, 36.89, 278.68)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.1023, 264.17)

HWB

hwb(220.4, 54.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eece8c

Analogous

#8cddee

#8cacee

#9d8cee

Triadic

#8cacee

#ee8cac

#acee8c

Split-complementary

#8cacee

#ee9d8c

#ddee8c

Tetradic

#8cacee

#ce8cee

#eece8c

#acee8c

Square

#8cacee

#ee8cdd

#eece8c

#8cee9d

Shades

Color #8cacee mixed toward black.

#5584e6

#215edb

#1846a5

#102f6e

#081737

Tints

Color #8cacee mixed toward white.

#9fbaf1

#b2c8f4

#c5d5f6

#d9e3f9

#ecf1fc

Tones

Color #8cacee mixed toward gray.

#94afe6

#9cb2de

#a4b4d5

#adb7cd

#b5bac5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9be0 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#9997dd · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8ed5d2 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cacee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cacee]

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

#8cacee (#8cacee) is rgb(140, 172, 238) in RGB.

No, #8cacee 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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