#8ea1bb

Color #8ea1bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea1bb

RGB

rgb(142, 161, 187)

HSL

hsl(214.7, 24.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.7, 24.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(65.61, -0.83, -15.61)

LCH

lch(65.61, 15.63, 266.96)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0439, 256.28)

HWB

hwb(214.7, 55.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bba88e

Analogous

#8eb7bb

#8ea1bb

#918ebb

Triadic

#8ea1bb

#bb8ea1

#a1bb8e

Split-complementary

#8ea1bb

#bb918e

#b7bb8e

Tetradic

#8ea1bb

#a88ebb

#bba88e

#a1bb8e

Square

#8ea1bb

#bb8eb7

#bba88e

#8ebb91

Shades

Color #8ea1bb mixed toward black.

#6c84a6

#526989

#3e4f67

#293544

#151a22

Tints

Color #8ea1bb mixed toward white.

#a1b1c6

#b4c0d2

#c6d0dd

#d9e0e8

#eceff4

Tones

Color #8ea1bb mixed toward gray.

#92a2b7

#95a2b4

#99a3b0

#9da3ac

#a1a4a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797b5 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#9594b4 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8fb0af · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea1bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea1bb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea1bb (#8ea1bb) is rgb(142, 161, 187) in RGB.

No, #8ea1bb 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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