#8cb6de

Color #8cb6de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb6de

RGB

rgb(140, 182, 222)

HSL

hsl(209.3, 55.4%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.3, 36.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(72.43, -4.23, -24.55)

LCH

lch(72.43, 24.91, 260.22)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0734, 247.56)

HWB

hwb(209.3, 54.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deb48c

Analogous

#8cdedd

#8cb6de

#8c8dde

Triadic

#8cb6de

#de8cb6

#b6de8c

Split-complementary

#8cb6de

#de8c8d

#dedd8c

Tetradic

#8cb6de

#b48cde

#deb48c

#b6de8c

Square

#8cb6de

#dd8cde

#deb48c

#8dde8c

Shades

Color #8cb6de mixed toward black.

#5d98d1

#367abc

#285c8d

#1b3d5e

#0d1f2f

Tints

Color #8cb6de mixed toward white.

#9fc2e4

#b2cee9

#c6dbef

#d9e7f4

#ecf3fa

Tones

Color #8cb6de mixed toward gray.

#93b6d7

#9ab6d0

#a1b6ca

#a7b5c3

#aeb5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d5 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#9d9ad3 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#8ececc · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb6de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb6de]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#8cb6de (#8cb6de) is rgb(140, 182, 222) in RGB.

No, #8cb6de 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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