#8ab8d7

Color #8ab8d7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.79 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab8d7

RGB

rgb(138, 184, 215)

HSL

hsl(204.2, 49%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.2, 35.8%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(72.62, -7.65, -20.46)

LCH

lch(72.62, 21.84, 249.5)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0662, 238.28)

HWB

hwb(204.2, 54.1%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7a98a

Analogous

#8ad7d0

#8ab8d7

#8a91d7

Triadic

#8ab8d7

#d78ab8

#b8d78a

Split-complementary

#8ab8d7

#d78a91

#d7d08a

Tetradic

#8ab8d7

#a98ad7

#d7a98a

#b8d78a

Square

#8ab8d7

#d08ad7

#d7a98a

#91d78a

Shades

Color #8ab8d7 mixed toward black.

#5e9dc8

#3c81af

#2d6183

#1e4058

#0f202c

Tints

Color #8ab8d7 mixed toward white.

#9dc4de

#b1d0e4

#c4dbeb

#d8e7f2

#ebf3f8

Tones

Color #8ab8d7 mixed toward gray.

#90b7d1

#97b5ca

#9db4c4

#a4b3bd

#aab2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d0 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#9d9ace · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#8dcac9 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab8d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab8d7]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8ab8d7 (#8ab8d7) is rgb(138, 184, 215) in RGB.

No, #8ab8d7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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