#8ab8ea

Color #8ab8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab8ea

RGB

rgb(138, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(211.2, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.2, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(73.3, -2.66, -29.75)

LCH

lch(73.3, 29.87, 264.89)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0873, 251.09)

HWB

hwb(211.2, 54.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eabc8a

Analogous

#8ae8ea

#8ab8ea

#8c8aea

Triadic

#8ab8ea

#ea8ab8

#b8ea8a

Split-complementary

#8ab8ea

#ea8c8a

#e8ea8a

Tetradic

#8ab8ea

#bc8aea

#eabc8a

#b8ea8a

Square

#8ab8ea

#ea8ae8

#eabc8a

#8aea8c

Shades

Color #8ab8ea mixed toward black.

#5598e1

#2678d2

#1c5a9e

#133c69

#091e35

Tints

Color #8ab8ea mixed toward white.

#9dc4ed

#b1d0f1

#c4dbf4

#d8e7f8

#ebf3fb

Tones

Color #8ab8ea mixed toward gray.

#92b8e2

#9ab9da

#a2b9d2

#aab9ca

#b2bac2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0df · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#9d9add · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#8dd6d4 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab8ea]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8ab8ea (#8ab8ea) is rgb(138, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #8ab8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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