#8cb6fa

Color #8cb6fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb6fa

RGB

rgb(140, 182, 250)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 91.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 44%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44%, 27.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(73.5, 3.32, -38.08)

LCH

lch(73.5, 38.22, 274.98)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1081, 259.82)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 54.9%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fad08c

Analogous

#8cedfa

#8cb6fa

#998cfa

Triadic

#8cb6fa

#fa8cb6

#b6fa8c

Split-complementary

#8cb6fa

#fa998c

#edfa8c

Tetradic

#8cb6fa

#d08cfa

#fad08c

#b6fa8c

Square

#8cb6fa

#fa8ced

#fad08c

#8cfa99

Shades

Color #8cb6fa mixed toward black.

#4e8ff7

#0f67f5

#084cbb

#05337d

#03193e

Tints

Color #8cb6fa mixed toward white.

#9fc2fb

#b2cefc

#c6dbfd

#d9e7fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8cb6fa mixed toward gray.

#95b8f1

#9ebae8

#a8bddf

#b1bfd5

#bac1cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ec · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#9d9ae8 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8ee0dd · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb6fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb6fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8cb6fa (#8cb6fa) is rgb(140, 182, 250) in RGB.

No, #8cb6fa 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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