#8ea8eb

Color #8ea8eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea8eb

RGB

rgb(142, 168, 235)

HSL

hsl(223.2, 69.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.2, 39.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(69.29, 7.52, -36.47)

LCH

lch(69.29, 37.24, 281.65)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1018, 267.64)

HWB

hwb(223.2, 55.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebd18e

Analogous

#8ed6eb

#8ea8eb

#a28eeb

Triadic

#8ea8eb

#eb8ea8

#a8eb8e

Split-complementary

#8ea8eb

#eba28e

#d6eb8e

Tetradic

#8ea8eb

#d18eeb

#ebd18e

#a8eb8e

Square

#8ea8eb

#eb8ed6

#ebd18e

#8eeba2

Shades

Color #8ea8eb mixed toward black.

#597fe2

#2657d5

#1c41a0

#132b6b

#091635

Tints

Color #8ea8eb mixed toward white.

#a1b6ee

#b4c5f2

#c6d3f5

#d9e2f8

#ecf0fc

Tones

Color #8ea8eb mixed toward gray.

#96abe3

#9dafdb

#a5b2d4

#adb6cc

#b5b9c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9add · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#9896da · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#8fd1cf · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea8eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea8eb]

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

#8ea8eb (#8ea8eb) is rgb(142, 168, 235) in RGB.

No, #8ea8eb 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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