#8ab4fa

Color #8ab4fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab4fa

RGB

rgb(138, 180, 250)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 28%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(72.86, 3.94, -39.1)

LCH

lch(72.86, 39.3, 275.75)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.1109, 260.34)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fad08a

Analogous

#8aecfa

#8ab4fa

#988afa

Triadic

#8ab4fa

#fa8ab4

#b4fa8a

Split-complementary

#8ab4fa

#fa988a

#ecfa8a

Tetradic

#8ab4fa

#d08afa

#fad08a

#b4fa8a

Square

#8ab4fa

#fa8aec

#fad08a

#8afa98

Shades

Color #8ab4fa mixed toward black.

#4c8cf7

#0e65f5

#084bba

#05327c

#03193e

Tints

Color #8ab4fa mixed toward white.

#9ec1fb

#b1cdfc

#c5dafd

#d8e6fd

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8ab4fa mixed toward gray.

#93b6f1

#9db9e7

#a6bbde

#afbdd5

#b9c0cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eec · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#9b98e8 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#8cdfdc · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab4fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab4fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ab4fa (#8ab4fa) is rgb(138, 180, 250) in RGB.

No, #8ab4fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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