#8ea8de

Color #8ea8de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.32 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea8de

RGB

rgb(142, 168, 222)

HSL

hsl(220.5, 54.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.5, 36%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(68.77, 4.04, -30.16)

LCH

lch(68.77, 30.43, 277.63)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0841, 264.47)

HWB

hwb(220.5, 55.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec48e

Analogous

#8ed0de

#8ea8de

#9c8ede

Triadic

#8ea8de

#de8ea8

#a8de8e

Split-complementary

#8ea8de

#de9c8e

#d0de8e

Tetradic

#8ea8de

#c48ede

#dec48e

#a8de8e

Square

#8ea8de

#de8ed0

#dec48e

#8ede9c

Shades

Color #8ea8de mixed toward black.

#5f84d0

#3762bc

#294a8d

#1b315e

#0e192f

Tints

Color #8ea8de mixed toward white.

#a1b7e4

#b4c5e9

#c7d4ef

#d9e2f4

#ecf1fa

Tones

Color #8ea8de mixed toward gray.

#95aad7

#9badd1

#a2afca

#a9b1c3

#afb4bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ad3 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9896d0 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#8fc9c7 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea8de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea8de]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea8de (#8ea8de) is rgb(142, 168, 222) in RGB.

No, #8ea8de 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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