#8ab2ea

Color #8ab2ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab2ea

RGB

rgb(138, 178, 234)

HSL

hsl(215, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(71.68, 0.63, -32.25)

LCH

lch(71.68, 32.26, 271.12)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0921, 256.88)

HWB

hwb(215, 54.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac28a

Analogous

#8ae2ea

#8ab2ea

#928aea

Triadic

#8ab2ea

#ea8ab2

#b2ea8a

Split-complementary

#8ab2ea

#ea928a

#e2ea8a

Tetradic

#8ab2ea

#c28aea

#eac28a

#b2ea8a

Square

#8ab2ea

#ea8ae2

#eac28a

#8aea92

Shades

Color #8ab2ea mixed toward black.

#558fe1

#266ed2

#1c529e

#133769

#091b35

Tints

Color #8ab2ea mixed toward white.

#9dbfed

#b1ccf1

#c4d8f4

#d8e5f8

#ebf2fb

Tones

Color #8ab2ea mixed toward gray.

#92b3e2

#9ab5da

#a2b6d2

#aab7ca

#b2b9c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dde · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#9b97db · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#8cd4d2 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab2ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab2ea]

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

#8ab2ea (#8ab2ea) is rgb(138, 178, 234) in RGB.

No, #8ab2ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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