#8da9ed

Color #8da9ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8da9ed

RGB

rgb(141, 169, 237)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 72.7%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 40.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(69.58, 7.24, -37.13)

LCH

lch(69.58, 37.83, 281.03)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.1038, 266.74)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 55.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd18d

Analogous

#8dd9ed

#8da9ed

#a18ded

Triadic

#8da9ed

#ed8da9

#a9ed8d

Split-complementary

#8da9ed

#eda18d

#d9ed8d

Tetradic

#8da9ed

#d18ded

#edd18d

#a9ed8d

Square

#8da9ed

#ed8dd9

#edd18d

#8deda1

Shades

Color #8da9ed mixed toward black.

#5780e4

#2258da

#1a42a3

#112c6d

#091636

Tints

Color #8da9ed mixed toward white.

#a0b7f0

#b3c6f3

#c6d4f6

#d9e2f9

#ecf1fc

Tones

Color #8da9ed mixed toward gray.

#95ace5

#9db0dd

#a5b3d5

#adb6cd

#b5bac5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9adf · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9896db · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#8fd3d0 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8da9ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8da9ed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8da9ed (#8da9ed) is rgb(141, 169, 237) in RGB.

No, #8da9ed 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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