#8db4ca

Color #8db4ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8db4ca

RGB

rgb(141, 180, 202)

HSL

hsl(201.6, 36.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.6, 30.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.26, -7.9, -15.39)

LCH

lch(71.26, 17.3, 242.83)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0526, 233.11)

HWB

hwb(201.6, 55.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa38d

Analogous

#8dcac2

#8db4ca

#8d96ca

Triadic

#8db4ca

#ca8db4

#b4ca8d

Split-complementary

#8db4ca

#ca8d96

#cac28d

Tetradic

#8db4ca

#a38dca

#caa38d

#b4ca8d

Square

#8db4ca

#c28dca

#caa38d

#96ca8d

Shades

Color #8db4ca mixed toward black.

#669ab8

#497e9c

#365f75

#243f4e

#122027

Tints

Color #8db4ca mixed toward white.

#a0c1d3

#b3cddc

#c6dae5

#d9e6ed

#ecf3f6

Tones

Color #8db4ca mixed toward gray.

#92b3c5

#97b1c0

#9cb0bb

#a1aeb6

#a7adb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0c5 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#9d9ac4 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#8fc1c0 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8db4ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8db4ca]

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#8db4ca (#8db4ca) is rgb(141, 180, 202) in RGB.

No, #8db4ca 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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