#8aafe6

Color #8aafe6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8aafe6

RGB

rgb(138, 175, 230)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 64.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 40%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(70.71, 1.2, -31.56)

LCH

lch(70.71, 31.58, 272.18)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0896, 258.15)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 54.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6c18a

Analogous

#8adde6

#8aafe6

#938ae6

Triadic

#8aafe6

#e68aaf

#afe68a

Split-complementary

#8aafe6

#e6938a

#dde68a

Tetradic

#8aafe6

#c18ae6

#e6c18a

#afe68a

Square

#8aafe6

#e68add

#e6c18a

#8ae693

Shades

Color #8aafe6 mixed toward black.

#588cdb

#2b6bca

#205098

#163665

#0b1b33

Tints

Color #8aafe6 mixed toward white.

#9ebcea

#b1caee

#c5d7f3

#d8e4f7

#ecf2fb

Tones

Color #8aafe6 mixed toward gray.

#92b1de

#99b2d7

#a1b4cf

#a9b5c7

#b0b7c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cda · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#9996d7 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8cd1ce · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aafe6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aafe6]

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

#8aafe6 (#8aafe6) is rgb(138, 175, 230) in RGB.

No, #8aafe6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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