#8eb5e6

Color #8eb5e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8eb5e6

RGB

rgb(142, 181, 230)

HSL

hsl(213.4, 63.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.4, 38.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(72.57, -1.05, -28.69)

LCH

lch(72.57, 28.71, 267.9)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0825, 254.46)

HWB

hwb(213.4, 55.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6bf8e

Analogous

#8ee1e6

#8eb5e6

#938ee6

Triadic

#8eb5e6

#e68eb5

#b5e68e

Split-complementary

#8eb5e6

#e6938e

#e1e68e

Tetradic

#8eb5e6

#bf8ee6

#e6bf8e

#b5e68e

Square

#8eb5e6

#e68ee1

#e6bf8e

#8ee693

Shades

Color #8eb5e6 mixed toward black.

#5b94db

#2d73cb

#225698

#163965

#0b1d33

Tints

Color #8eb5e6 mixed toward white.

#a1c1ea

#b4ceee

#c6daf2

#d9e6f7

#ecf3fb

Tones

Color #8eb5e6 mixed toward gray.

#95b6df

#9db7d7

#a4b7d0

#abb8c9

#b3b9c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1db · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#9e9bd9 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#90d3d1 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 17.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8eb5e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8eb5e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8eb5e6 (#8eb5e6) is rgb(142, 181, 230) in RGB.

No, #8eb5e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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