#8ea1bf

Color #8ea1bf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea1bf

RGB

rgb(142, 161, 191)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 27.7%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 25.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(65.75, 0.12, -17.64)

LCH

lch(65.75, 17.64, 270.39)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.049, 259.42)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 55.7%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfac8e

Analogous

#8ebabf

#8ea1bf

#938ebf

Triadic

#8ea1bf

#bf8ea1

#a1bf8e

Split-complementary

#8ea1bf

#bf938e

#babf8e

Tetradic

#8ea1bf

#ac8ebf

#bfac8e

#a1bf8e

Square

#8ea1bf

#bf8eba

#bfac8e

#8ebf93

Shades

Color #8ea1bf mixed toward black.

#6b84ab

#50688e

#3c4e6a

#283447

#141a23

Tints

Color #8ea1bf mixed toward white.

#a1b1ca

#b4c0d4

#c7d0df

#d9e0ea

#eceff4

Tones

Color #8ea1bf mixed toward gray.

#92a2bb

#96a3b7

#9aa4b3

#9ea5af

#a2a6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797b8 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#9594b7 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#8fb3b2 · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea1bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea1bf]

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

#8ea1bf (#8ea1bf) is rgb(142, 161, 191) in RGB.

No, #8ea1bf 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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