#8ab7fb

Color #8ab7fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab7fb

RGB

rgb(138, 183, 251)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 93.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 45%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 27.1%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(73.7, 2.56, -38.33)

LCH

lch(73.7, 38.42, 273.82)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.1093, 258.44)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 54.1%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbce8a

Analogous

#8af0fb

#8ab7fb

#968afb

Triadic

#8ab7fb

#fb8ab7

#b7fb8a

Split-complementary

#8ab7fb

#fb968a

#f0fb8a

Tetradic

#8ab7fb

#ce8afb

#fbce8a

#b7fb8a

Square

#8ab7fb

#fb8af0

#fbce8a

#8afb96

Shades

Color #8ab7fb mixed toward black.

#4b91f9

#0d6af7

#064fbc

#04357d

#021a3f

Tints

Color #8ab7fb mixed toward white.

#9ec3fc

#b1cffc

#c5dbfd

#d8e7fe

#ecf3fe

Tones

Color #8ab7fb mixed toward gray.

#94b9f2

#9dbbe8

#a6bddf

#b0bfd5

#b9c1cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ed · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#9d99e9 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#8de1de · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab7fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab7fb]

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

#8ab7fb (#8ab7fb) is rgb(138, 183, 251) in RGB.

No, #8ab7fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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