#8eb5f9

Color #8eb5f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8eb5f9

RGB

rgb(142, 181, 249)

HSL

hsl(218.1, 89.9%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.1, 43%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 27.3%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(73.31, 4.09, -37.83)

LCH

lch(73.31, 38.05, 276.17)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1069, 261.23)

HWB

hwb(218.1, 55.7%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9d28e

Analogous

#8eebf9

#8eb5f9

#9d8ef9

Triadic

#8eb5f9

#f98eb5

#b5f98e

Split-complementary

#8eb5f9

#f99d8e

#ebf98e

Tetradic

#8eb5f9

#d28ef9

#f9d28e

#b5f98e

Square

#8eb5f9

#f98eeb

#f9d28e

#8ef99d

Shades

Color #8eb5f9 mixed toward black.

#508df6

#1264f2

#0a4aba

#07317c

#03193e

Tints

Color #8eb5f9 mixed toward white.

#a1c1fa

#b4cefb

#c7dafc

#d9e6fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8eb5f9 mixed toward gray.

#97b8f0

#a0bae7

#a9bcde

#b2bfd5

#bbc1cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1eb · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#9e9be7 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#90dfdc · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8eb5f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8eb5f9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8eb5f9 (#8eb5f9) is rgb(142, 181, 249) in RGB.

No, #8eb5f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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