#8fb9ef

Color #8fb9ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8fb9ef

RGB

rgb(143, 185, 239)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 75%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 40.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(74.04, -0.58, -31.29)

LCH

lch(74.04, 31.3, 268.94)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.09, 254.99)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 56.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efc58f

Analogous

#8fe9ef

#8fb9ef

#958fef

Triadic

#8fb9ef

#ef8fb9

#b9ef8f

Split-complementary

#8fb9ef

#ef958f

#e9ef8f

Tetradic

#8fb9ef

#c58fef

#efc58f

#b9ef8f

Square

#8fb9ef

#ef8fe9

#efc58f

#8fef95

Shades

Color #8fb9ef mixed toward black.

#5796e7

#2073df

#1856a7

#103a6f

#081d38

Tints

Color #8fb9ef mixed toward white.

#a2c5f2

#b4d0f4

#c7dcf7

#dae8fa

#ecf3fc

Tones

Color #8fb9ef mixed toward gray.

#97bae7

#9fbbdf

#a7bcd7

#afbdcf

#b7bec7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3e3 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a09de1 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#91dad8 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8fb9ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8fb9ef]

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

#8fb9ef (#8fb9ef) is rgb(143, 185, 239) in RGB.

No, #8fb9ef 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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