#8cade9

Color #8cade9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.96 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8cade9

RGB

rgb(140, 173, 233)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 67.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 39.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(70.42, 3.65, -33.65)

LCH

lch(70.42, 33.85, 276.19)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0946, 262.04)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 54.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9c88c

Analogous

#8cdbe9

#8cade9

#998ce9

Triadic

#8cade9

#e98cad

#ade98c

Split-complementary

#8cade9

#e9998c

#dbe98c

Tetradic

#8cade9

#c88ce9

#e9c88c

#ade98c

Square

#8cade9

#e98cdb

#e9c88c

#8ce999

Shades

Color #8cade9 mixed toward black.

#5888df

#2864d1

#1e4b9c

#143268

#0a1934

Tints

Color #8cade9 mixed toward white.

#9fbbed

#b2c8f0

#c5d6f4

#d9e4f8

#ecf1fb

Tones

Color #8cade9 mixed toward gray.

#94afe1

#9bb1d9

#a3b4d2

#abb6ca

#b3b8c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdc · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#9997d9 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#8ed2cf · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cade9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cade9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8cade9 (#8cade9) is rgb(140, 173, 233) in RGB.

No, #8cade9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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