#8aaee0

Color #8aaee0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.54 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8aaee0

RGB

rgb(138, 174, 224)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 58.1%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 38.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(70.21, 0.15, -29.05)

LCH

lch(70.21, 29.05, 270.3)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0828, 256.67)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 54.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0bc8a

Analogous

#8ad9e0

#8aaee0

#918ae0

Triadic

#8aaee0

#e08aae

#aee08a

Split-complementary

#8aaee0

#e0918a

#d9e08a

Tetradic

#8aaee0

#bc8ae0

#e0bc8a

#aee08a

Square

#8aaee0

#e08ad9

#e0bc8a

#8ae091

Shades

Color #8aaee0 mixed toward black.

#5a8dd3

#336dbf

#26528f

#19375f

#0d1b30

Tints

Color #8aaee0 mixed toward white.

#9ebce5

#b1c9ea

#c5d7f0

#d8e4f5

#ecf2fa

Tones

Color #8aaee0 mixed toward gray.

#91afd9

#98b0d2

#a0b2cb

#a7b3c3

#aeb4bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd5 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#9996d3 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8cccca · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aaee0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aaee0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8aaee0 (#8aaee0) is rgb(138, 174, 224) in RGB.

No, #8aaee0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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