#8ea4b8

Color #8ea4b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea4b8

RGB

rgb(142, 164, 184)

HSL

hsl(208.6, 22.8%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.6, 22.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(66.34, -3.2, -12.85)

LCH

lch(66.34, 13.24, 256.02)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0384, 245.84)

HWB

hwb(208.6, 55.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8a28e

Analogous

#8eb8b7

#8ea4b8

#8e8fb8

Triadic

#8ea4b8

#b88ea4

#a4b88e

Split-complementary

#8ea4b8

#b88e8f

#b8b78e

Tetradic

#8ea4b8

#a28eb8

#b8a28e

#a4b88e

Square

#8ea4b8

#b78eb8

#b8a28e

#8fb88e

Shades

Color #8ea4b8 mixed toward black.

#6d89a3

#546e85

#3f5264

#2a3743

#151b21

Tints

Color #8ea4b8 mixed toward white.

#a1b3c4

#b4c2d0

#c6d1db

#d9e1e7

#ecf0f3

Tones

Color #8ea4b8 mixed toward gray.

#91a4b4

#95a4b1

#98a3ad

#9ca3aa

#9fa3a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898b3 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#9795b2 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#8fb0af · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea4b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea4b8]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ea4b8 (#8ea4b8) is rgb(142, 164, 184) in RGB.

No, #8ea4b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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