#8ea7e1

Color #8ea7e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea7e1

RGB

rgb(142, 167, 225)

HSL

hsl(221.9, 58%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.9, 36.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(68.62, 5.39, -32.04)

LCH

lch(68.62, 32.49, 279.55)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0892, 266.21)

HWB

hwb(221.9, 55.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1c88e

Analogous

#8ed1e1

#8ea7e1

#9f8ee1

Triadic

#8ea7e1

#e18ea7

#a7e18e

Split-complementary

#8ea7e1

#e19f8e

#d1e18e

Tetradic

#8ea7e1

#c88ee1

#e1c88e

#a7e18e

Square

#8ea7e1

#e18ed1

#e1c88e

#8ee19f

Shades

Color #8ea7e1 mixed toward black.

#5e82d4

#335ec1

#274791

#1a2f61

#0d1830

Tints

Color #8ea7e1 mixed toward white.

#a1b6e6

#b4c4eb

#c7d3f0

#d9e2f5

#ecf0fa

Tones

Color #8ea7e1 mixed toward gray.

#95aada

#9cadd3

#a3afcc

#aab2c5

#b1b5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ad5 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#9896d2 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#8fcbc8 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea7e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea7e1]

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

#8ea7e1 (#8ea7e1) is rgb(142, 167, 225) in RGB.

No, #8ea7e1 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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