#8fb4ef

Color #8fb4ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8fb4ef

RGB

rgb(143, 180, 239)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 75%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 40.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(72.7, 2.17, -33.36)

LCH

lch(72.7, 33.43, 273.72)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0944, 259.56)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 56.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efca8f

Analogous

#8fe4ef

#8fb4ef

#9a8fef

Triadic

#8fb4ef

#ef8fb4

#b4ef8f

Split-complementary

#8fb4ef

#ef9a8f

#e4ef8f

Tetradic

#8fb4ef

#ca8fef

#efca8f

#b4ef8f

Square

#8fb4ef

#ef8fe4

#efca8f

#8fef9a

Shades

Color #8fb4ef mixed toward black.

#578fe7

#2069df

#184fa7

#10356f

#081a38

Tints

Color #8fb4ef mixed toward white.

#a2c0f2

#b4cdf4

#c7d9f7

#dae6fa

#ecf2fc

Tones

Color #8fb4ef mixed toward gray.

#97b6e7

#9fb8df

#a7b9d7

#afbbcf

#b7bdc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1e3 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9e9bdf · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#91d8d6 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8fb4ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8fb4ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#8fb4ef (#8fb4ef) is rgb(143, 180, 239) in RGB.

No, #8fb4ef 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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