#8cbbf1

Color #8cbbf1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8cbbf1

RGB

rgb(140, 187, 241)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 78.3%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 41.9%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(74.49, -1.9, -31.7)

LCH

lch(74.49, 31.76, 266.57)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0924, 252.43)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 54.9%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1c28c

Analogous

#8cedf1

#8cbbf1

#908cf1

Triadic

#8cbbf1

#f18cbb

#bbf18c

Split-complementary

#8cbbf1

#f1908c

#edf18c

Tetradic

#8cbbf1

#c28cf1

#f1c28c

#bbf18c

Square

#8cbbf1

#f18ced

#f1c28c

#8cf190

Shades

Color #8cbbf1 mixed toward black.

#5399ea

#1c78e2

#155aaa

#0e3c71

#071e39

Tints

Color #8cbbf1 mixed toward white.

#9fc6f3

#b2d2f6

#c5ddf8

#d9e8fa

#ecf4fd

Tones

Color #8cbbf1 mixed toward gray.

#94bce9

#9dbce0

#a5bdd8

#aebdcf

#b6bec7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3e5 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#a09ce3 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#8fdcda · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cbbf1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cbbf1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8cbbf1 (#8cbbf1) is rgb(140, 187, 241) in RGB.

No, #8cbbf1 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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