#8492e2

Color #8492e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8492e2

RGB

rgb(132, 146, 226)

HSL

hsl(231.1, 61.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.1, 41.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(62.47, 15.03, -42.24)

LCH

lch(62.47, 44.83, 289.59)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1191, 275.25)

HWB

hwb(231.1, 51.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2d484

Analogous

#84c1e2

#8492e2

#a584e2

Triadic

#8492e2

#e28492

#92e284

Split-complementary

#8492e2

#e2a584

#c1e284

Tetradic

#8492e2

#d484e2

#e2d484

#92e284

Square

#8492e2

#e284c1

#e2d484

#84e2a5

Shades

Color #8492e2 mixed toward black.

#5467d7

#2e43c1

#223391

#172261

#0b1130

Tints

Color #8492e2 mixed toward white.

#99a4e7

#adb6ec

#c2c8f0

#d6dbf5

#ebedfa

Tones

Color #8492e2 mixed toward gray.

#8c97da

#949dd2

#9ca2ca

#a3a8c3

#abaebb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad2 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8988ce · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#85c5c1 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8492e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8492e2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8492e2 (#8492e2) is rgb(132, 146, 226) in RGB.

No, #8492e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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